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Harvest Fridays – Po-tay-to, Po-tah-to

June 12, 2015 by jessfuel 2 Comments

Potato Harvest

TGIF! Who’s ready for the weekend? This girl is. And since it’s Friday, it’s time to take a peek in the garden. Let’s get started!

Aquaponics Update

The aquaponics system is doing a lot better. Though we were thinking about sticking to goldfish only, we did end up getting more tilapia. We were able to find a breeder down in Los Angeles, and since I was down there last weekend, I was able to pick 35 of them up from him on my way home. We put them in the system and so far so good.

We also bought some duckweed from the breeder and set up a little tub to grow it. The tilapia are vegetarians and love duckweed, so growing your own feed makes the system even more closed and sustainable.

Growing Duckweed

We pulled out some of the plants that weren’t doing well or were too aphid infested to save. Then we planted a whole bunch of new seeds, many of which have already started sprouting. The chard, tomatoes, carrots, basil, dill and jalapeños are all still doing super well. We finally have a few red San Marzano tomatoes.

San Marzano Tomatoes

And look at these cute jalaps!

Jalapenos

Traditional Garden Update

If the last update was all about tomatoes, this one is all about potatoes. Check out the harvests at the end of this post. We’ve pulled up a ton of potatoes. And planted new ones in their place. The three sisters garden is still doing well. I’ve harvested one zucchini, and have a couple yellow squash almost ready to pick.

Yellow Squash

In another bed, I have some okra, eggplants and tomatillos just sprouting, so hopefully they will catch up and start producing in a month or so. I think we planted a lot of the outdoor garden late this year. At this time last year and the year before, we were already harvesting a lot of summer veggies.

Homegrown Tomatoes

Garden Harvest

My pumpkin plant in the yard is getting huge. No pumpkins yet, but lots of flowers, so hopefully we’ll get a couple soon.

Pumpkin Plant

And check out all the pears on our Asian  pear tree! Grow, babies, grow.

Asian Pear Tree

One last experiment: we’re sprouting some microgreens on paper towels. We planted a bunch in dirt a couple months ago and they grew really well, but they were kind of a pain to harvest and clean. By sprouting them on wet paper towels, we can just dump them on top of a salad without having to do any prep work!

Sprouting Microgreens

The Harvest

Lots of potatoes harvested in the last couple weeks. Garden potatoes are one of the best things in the world. They are so creamy and flavorful. They’re really easy to grow and we’ve had tons of success, so I definitely recommend trying it!

Potato Harvest

Potato Harvest

One night I made an omelet almost completely from the backyard. Quail eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, chard and dill.  I just added cheese!

Garden Omelet

It was so good, I made the exact same thing for lunch the next day.

Garden Omelet

These tomatoes and basil became margherita pizza.

Homegrown Tomatoes and Basil

I also pulled up a few onions. They didn’t bulb as much as onions normally do. Anyone know why?

Onions

And last but not least… my first zucchini!! Plus some more tomatoes and potatoes!.

Garden Harvest

Your turn– what are you planting, picking and eating this week!?

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Comments

  1. Amy @ Army Amy says

    June 13, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    I love these updates. I’m so curious about the potatoes (and other underground foods). How do you know when they are ready? You can’t see that they are good to go like you can with a tomato. I wouldn’t say that we eat a ton of potatoes, but enough that planting our own would be worth it.

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    • jessfuel says

      June 16, 2015 at 12:07 pm

      For potatoes… when the plant above ground withers and dies, it’s time to dig up the spuds! It’s super easy! 🙂

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