Saturday, August 22, 2009

June 2009: Cucurbits and corn.

The corn did better this year, mostly because of the extra rain in the spring. I didn't notice it at first, but then Jenny was impressed and I went back and checked the pictures from last year. Sure enough, these are respectable ears.

The kernels were as sweet and juicy as ever. You don't get a whole lot of corn out several rows, but what you get is well worth it. Here's the remainder of the corn rows, already starting to dry out . . .

There were a some more squash that developed; I think these first ones are spaghetti squash . . . (I didn't pick them til July, and I still haven't cooked them. I think they're "winter" squash, so they store longer.)

Then there's the standard yellow variety . . .

And finally, some cucumbers:

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