July 22-28

Still working on replanting this week. Looking foward to a couple days off later in the week to really get a lot done. Our dog Brownie has been running through the garden a lot, so the winter squash is looking pretty sad now. They say that after a while the vines get old and give up, but I'm not sure this is the usual cause-they were looking really good till now!

It seems the buckwheat cover crop is giving up soon (aging, and also damaged by the aforementioned local fauna), but the other beans and peas cover crops are still doing well.

The sweet bell peppers are just starting to turn colors, so maybe by next week, they'll hopefully be ready. There's no lettuce this week, as the ones old ones are getting bitter and the young ones aren't big enough yet. Blackberries are getting scarce. The 'early' corn is filling out -- we tried a few ears mid-week last week, and they were edible, but not quite ready. The later corn is still making pollen and attracting lots of bees.

Cucumbers
1.75 small basket baby cucumbers

Peppers
1.00 half-dozen sweet banana peppers
1.00 half-dozen hot peppers mixed

Squash
1.00 half-dozen summer squash – straightneck, yellow crookneck and zephyr
0.50 zuchinni (each) -- green or gold (beautiful colors)
0.75 italian largo zucchini, also known as "Striato" or "Romanesco"-- large green ribbed zucchini

see the following link for pictures and descriptions http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog/product.aspx?item=2217 http://www.veseys.com/ca/en/store/vegetables/squashsummer/greenzucchini/italianlargo

Herbs
0.75 bunched herbs: parsely, thyme, lemon basil, marjoram, or chives