New This Week: July week 1

This week was marked by the BIGGEST harvest yet. So big in fact that I'm just going to post one large photo rather than individual snapshots:

Clockwise from the top left:

• Peas - Some of them got a bit too big... hiding out in behind the eggplants.
• Bell Pepper - First one of the season! A very big and lovely looking pepper
• Tomatoes - First of the season! Two are ripe... the third one isn't (obviously) but I accidentally knocked it off while trying to tame the out of control cucumbers... We'll have to see if it will ripen up in the windowsill
• Bush Beans - Second HUGE batch... I weighed them out... about 2 lbs!
• Okra - First of the season! This is the first year I grew Okra, so I had no idea really how to decide when to pick them. These things grow INCREDIBLY fast. It went from about 2 inches to almost 7" in like two days. FOR THE RECORD: They bloom, and then the pods are supposed to be picked 3 - 4 days later when they're about 3 - 4 inches long. When they get this long they're stringy and tough.... Now you know...
• Banana Peppers - Second big batch. These are all coming off of just two plants and from the looks of things there are MANY more to come! I made a DELICIOUS stuffed banana pepper explosion dish last week. These may be headed into the pickling a
• Purple Beans - Second batch of these... a few more this week. We didn't cook up the ones from last week yet so I'm not sure how they're going to taste... Need to get on that this week!