The cukes keep coming

The cucumber beetles came and went, the powdery mildew claimed the lives of all of Mickey's zucchinis. The sikkim cucumbers however, remain. They are fat cukes, about 6" long. As they ripen, they turn a mustard to brown color with a cracked skin like cantaloupe. They have a delicate mild cucumber taste with just enough sweetness. Sometimes during the hot season, I will find a bitter taste left in some of the cucumbers, but not with the sikkim variety. The last few days yielded just shy of a pound of them, with several more in the waiting.  We also harvested some okra (which is gearing up to be a heavy producer in a couple weeks), some tomatoes, and a few more onions that were hiding in the raised beds.

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Total produce count for the year:

36 ears of corn

53 strawberries

17 raspberries(golden variety)

12 blackberries

10 blueberries

0.3 lb eggplant

0.2 lb okra

0.31 lb sweet banana peppers

1.01 lb sweet bell peppers

2.76 lb assorted (green)bean pods

20.06 lb cucumber

12.92 lb zucchini squash

2.25 lb yellow squash

5.62 lb butternut squash

3 lb pumpkin

1/2 lb muskmelon

2 cantaloupes

20.21 lb tomatoes

1.8 lb cherry tomatoes

1.7 lb kohlrabi

5.09 lb  onions (bulbs)

9.27 lbs carrot roots

1.25 lb beet roots

1.75 lb potatoes

12 heads of garlic

4 garlic scapes

7.6 lb sweet/snap peas

16.2 lb assorted dark greens

7/8 lb baby radishes/greens

1/4 lb mature radish roots

46.5 lb assorted lettuce

5.1 lb spinach

1/2 lb New Zealand spinach

4.8 lb turnip roots

2.63 lb miner's lettuce

3/16 lb mache/corn salad

5/8 lb baby greens

1/3 lb arugula

5 asparagus spears

3 trays of wheat grass(inside)

3 trays micro  greens(grown inside)

A countless amount of:

  parsley, basil, peppermint, spearmint, lemon balm, burnet, fennel, thyme, dill, green onions, chives, stevia