late summer in the seed and community garden - harvests!

tomatoes & other goodies are finally starting to ripen in bulk!  

just a taste of the many colourful beets & carrots i can pick soon

i have been wanting to grow this beautiful plant, romanesco for years, i finally have one tiny head :)

cucumber & squash galore  

beans a plenty 

wasn't the best light for this shot, but I can't help take pics of my beautiful produce

just add vinegar, and beets & cucumbers are extra delicious 

lovely lift lock community garden on a september's eve 

carrots & beets straight from the ground! 

i love the colour contrast of these eva purple ball tomatoes with the lemon cucumbers

plants are loaded with jalapenos, just a few more warm weeks & they should be all ripened up  

 seed garden is super full of lovely blooming flowers

carrots & beets all washed up & shining 

found this lovely little guy just hanging out on my bulgarian carrot hot pepper, he was quite content to pose for a series of photos  

haven't seen too many dragonflies this summer, nice to catch a glimpse

pretty produce in evening sunshine 

Community Garden Plot - Garlic Harvest

 garlic waiting on my dining room table to be tied up & dried for October planting 

 first big community garden harvest - garlic harvest #1, basil & one cucumber (many more to follow!) 

 late planted portugal hot pepper is bigger than it's plant! 

lots of cucumbers coming along, planted with a great companion for cooking & growing, dill

 i think that i may have forgotten to harvest this last season, and as a result got several small bulbs all attached together! 

 garlic harvest #2. unfortunately, we have had quite the leek moth infestation on our garlic at the lift lock community garden. I will have to inspect and hand kill all the little worms i find on the garlic so that I can plant it again safely this fall. i have been saving this garlic for 6 years, and would hate for anything to happen to it. it is the legacy of a dear friend, who i grew garlic with for years, and who passed away far too young.