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Today’s Harvest

by Farmer Jay on August 14, 2009

in Farming

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A little late in posting this past week’s photos:
Tomatoes
We’ve got tomatoes!  Looks to be a good harvest this year.  Glad to see all of the tomato plants (but one) in full bloom.  Week by week more tomatoes will ripen for beautiful pictures and delicious eats.
Beans
The beans are SO close to looking something like a bean.  [...]

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July is the height of farm season requiring more work than probably any other month — at least in Chicago.  With the sun shining, enough rain to keep all of the plants happy, and many, many happy weeds, I have had little time to write.  Here is what’s going on:
Peas
They are done!  Next weeks pictures [...]

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It was a great day for pictures on the farm this past Friday.
Cilantro
Wow, the cilantro is growing strong.  I’ve picked a number of bunches of cilantro today.  Too bad the tomatoes aren’t ready to go as they would make great salsa.   The cilantro smells so good.  This is slow bolt cilantro.  Cilantro bolts or [...]

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I voted on One Seed Chicago a while back.  From their website:
Each year One Seed Chicago selects one plant to be the focus of a season-long celebration. Imagine thousands of the same vegetable or flower linking community gardens, yards and window sills across the City! As One Book, One Chicago is to reading, One Seed [...]

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This is my first year growing beans.  It’s never been a priority but I decided to grow it for two reasons.  First, beans are easy to dry and use well into the winter.  Second, I was always a big fan of Jack and the Beanstalk.  While I don’t think my bean plants are going to [...]

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