As Maddy keeps saying, the plants are so happy today with some rain! Even without this bit of rain the HES garden looks beautiful and is very bountiful. Thanks to all who have taken such good care this summer so when the students return, there will be plenty to see, smell and taste.
What's growing now: cucumbers. You really have to search for these. there are long asian dark greens, light green, which is an armenian variety and you may also find some lemon cukes which look like a lemon and taste like a cucumber. The dark green are good at any size. The lemons should be harvested on the smaller size with a very white or light yellow skin. Beans are also plentiful. You will find both yellow and green beans. They will always be more tender when picked on the smaller side. The seeds of these beans were saved from last years harvest. Cherry tomatoes, slicing and paste tomatoes and basil are still plentiful along with swiss chard and kale. There are some yellow slicing tomatoes and some green zebra tomatoes mixed in with the paste tomatoes so please pick those as well. Herbs such as parsley, oregano and sorrel are also abundant....and the cutest of all is the fairy tale eggplants which are white with purple stripes. They should be harvested while they are still small, about 3-4" long.
Enjoy! and see you all soon....
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