Welcome back. The summer was a hot one for sure and as usual it went by too quickly. In my last post I featured garden harvest photos including tomatoes, peppers, and blueberries.
It has been a good season for the garden even though it was very dry at times. With some intermittent watering, I was able to get good results with most of the vegetables.
This year I planted 3 types of onions. First, I started Sweet Spanish onions from seed in early March as I described in my April 15th post. Theses are large sweet onions that also store pretty well. Next, I planted Stuttgart, a standard long keeping yellow onion. Finally, I planted Snowball onions, a white sweet onion.
Overall, the onion crop was good, although, they were somewhat smaller due to the dry conditions. I have seen larger onions, especially the Sweet Spanish, which can get huge.
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| Sweet Spanish Onions |
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| Plenty of Sweet |
I recently also dug the potatoes. This year I planted Yukon Gold and also Kennebec as I described in my April 18th post. Both are great varieties and both store well. Luckily, I have a good place to store vegetables in the basement of my 1850s era farmhouse. The cellar stays cool even in the summer heat and never freezes in the winter.
Yukon Gold matures faster then does Kennebec, therefore those were harvested first around August 22nd. I estimated about 30 pounds yield from about 25 hills.
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| Yukon Gold Harvest |
On September 10th, I dug the Kennebec tubers, as the vines had pretty much died back by then. I decided to take advantage of the fairly dry conditions. I would not be disappointed in the results, about a 40 lb yield from the 25 hills.
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| Kennebec |
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| Kennebec Harvest |
In summary, I was pleased with the onion and potato crop. Last year, the potatoes did not do well at all due to an extremely wet Spring and early summer.
Even though most of the vegetables have been harvested, some still remain. Stay tuned for upcoming posts featuring fall crops and the Fall garden cleanup process.
