2013's September Morning Harvest

2013 has been a very strange year for vegetable gardening, at least on our part of Bowen Island. Perhaps it was the cool wet spring. Nothing was consistent. The lettuce was abundant and really early, but the germination of everything else was really slow or non existent. Chris had to sow his beans and peas two or three times. The peas never did take, and while the beans finally did come, they produced only a few meals worth. Tomatoes were fantastic, and I think it was due to the lack of rain all July and August which allowed them to mature. Strawberries were poor, but raspberries amazing. Apples only on one tree, but they are sorry looking; we did harvest a small bowl of Italian plums. Leaks and beets are ok, but the zucchini yielded 3. Cucumbers were great. This morning I harvested the following as seen below and starting from the left: beets, cucumber, tomato, peterpan squash, zucchini, plums and an apple. There is always next year!!!!

 I checked on our shiraz grapes and they seem to be ripening really well.  I tried one and it tastes nearly there.  I reckon we'll each get a small handful!!