Last of the Tomato Crop

Here is an image of the last three tomatoes I grew in containers harvested in September 2017. I ended up using them on salads. Grown in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.

2017 Potato Crop

I gave my dad about 4 pounds (1.8 kg) of potatoes to plant back in March. The plants grew up and then died leaving about 16 pounds (7.25 kg) of potatoes in the ground.

So far I cooked the smallest ones with fresh green beans and a onion my mother grew in her garden. Very tasty. The largest potatoes I have been eating as baked potatoes. Soon I hope to make some mashed potatoes.

Pictures from the Garden

Happy 4th of July, it is overcast and raining here in Louisville. I was hoping to fly an American flag themed kite to celebrate but not a lot of wind with this rainy weather. :(

Pictures of some vegetables growing in my mother's Indiana garden have been posted for today. The first picture is of a dill plant used when canning cucumbers.  The second is of green tomatoes which can be eaten green or when red ripe. The last picture is of bean plants which might be green beans.

Tomato Harvest

It has been a good season for tomatoes at my mother's garden. A variety spherical, Roma, grape and cherry tomatoes are still being harvested.

My young nephew and I picked these tomatoes during the weekend. He has tendency to pick green ones though.

I have been putting the tomatoes on salads, sandwiches, diced into chili and eating them with cottage cheese.

Potato Flowers

Potato flowers growing in a garden in southern Indiana (July 2011).  The progress of the potato was checked as well.  See next image.  As one can see, they are being grown in grass clippings.

Small Daffodil

Another picture of a miniature daffodil. It is maybe 10 cm high and the flower is 3 cm wide.

Baby Daffodil

Here is a baby daffodil (2-4 cm across) growing in our flower bed. It is the first flower out in our yard.

Woo Hoo! Daffodils Are Here!

Here are some of the first daffodils showing up in gardens in the Louisville area.

Cantaloupe

Here is some cantaloupe harvested in Hodgenville, Kentucky. It is very good and I am guessing about 10 were harvested and average weight about 4 pounds. Late crop but I planted it late and with the drought in that area it is surprising anything was harvested.

Tomato Harvest

The tomato harvest is about over but it has been a good one.

I have used some of the tomatoes and onions from the garden to make chili. Also tomato salads with cottage cheese and mayonnaise. Also putting the tomatos in garden salads with lettuce and carrots.

Largest Watermelon Picked This Season

Here is a Charleston Gray watermelon picked several days ago weighing in at over 30 pounds.

It is maybe the third one picked this season.

The Lone Peach

This is the only peach to make it to ripeness. Among the three peach trees, there were 5 peaches but the others rotted or fell off the trees before getting ripe.

Looking Toward the Sky and Seeing Grapes

Here are some ripe grapes ready to be picked. I picked about 80% of the grapes on the 6 plants growing. I filled two plastic grocery bags with grapes and they weighed in at 21 pounds (about 9.5 kgs).

Here are all the clean ripe grapes with stems laid out on the counter.

Concord Grape Pictures

Close up image of some Concord Grapes grown in southern Indiana. These grapes are at the top of a hill in a field that gets a good deal of sun. Another set of grapes grow on a fence row next to a flower garden and they do not get as much sun. As a result, those grapes are mostly green or light purplish-pink.

A side view of the grapes that were soaked in water and had the bad/green grapes removed. You can see the container in the with the ripe grapes I beginning to separate from the stems.

More Pictures of Concord Grapes

Here is a closer look at cleaned Concord grapes still on the stem. Later they were picked off the stems and put in containers.

Second Batch of Ripe Watermelons

Here are five watermelons picked: one Jubilee like one, one Sugar Baby, and three Crimson Sweet. Their total gross weight of these watermelons totaled to 62 pounds (about 28 kgs).


The largest was this Jubilee watermelon weighing over 25 pounds (approximately 11 kgs).

Concord Grapes Harvested

Here is a picture of some Concord Grapes grown in Memphis, Indiana right before they were picked.
Here are some of the grapes on a kitchen counter. I soaked them in water for several hours to clear the bugs off of them. Next, I picked off the shriveled, damaged, and green grapes from the stems. After this, I picked the ripe grapes off the stems and placed them in containers.



Here is another picture of hanging grapes.

First Ripe Watermelons

Here are four watermelons I picked a week ago but it took me a while to post this.

The total weight came to over 44 pounds of gross weight.

As of this writing, I processed the small 4 pound Crimson Sweet melon and the Sugar Baby melon.

Below is a picture of a nice dark red color of the cut Sugar Baby watermelon.

First Watermelons

Here are the first two watermelons I picked. They appear to be Crimson Sweet variety. The vine died and I picked them.

As you can see once they were cut open they have a pink color and are not very sweet. The sugar just did not get generated or concentrated.

The two melons weighed in at 7 pounds 1 ounce and 7 pounds 4 ounces.

Almost Ripe Concord Grapes

When I get near the grapes now, the smell reminds me of grape jelly.

They are really starting to get ripe on the vine and hopefully there will be enough to make some jelly.