Pick o' the Day

As summer oozes along, my fiber pursuits are progressing very slowly. And it's been such a weird growing season so far that our garden hasn't yielded much yet. But maybe that's about to change. This morning I braved the mosquitos and steamheat long enough to harvest a few goodies. Not much yet but it is a start.



What's in the bowl? Here's a rundown - Eight Ball zucchini, Red Burgundy okra, Black Hungarian peppers, two Orange Banana tomatoes, and a bunch of Sweet 100s and Black Cherry tomatoes. We've been getting cherry tomatoes for a few weeks but the zucchini and okra have just started maturing in the past several days. I hesitate to say this lest I call down the wrath of the Evil Empire (ie., squash bugs) but the zucchini patch looks promising. Perhaps some of you local friends may be getting pleading emails from me in the future.

So today's harvest may not be large enough to break out the canning equipment but that bowl holds the makings of a pretty good supper. Fresh and very local - yum!