In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen

In the vegetable garden, peppers are the only significant harvest in these interim weeks. I think the Brits call this the hungry season—when the stored veggies are gone and the next season’s crops have yet to produce. British readers correct me in comments if I haven’t got this right. Thankfully, we have farmers’ markets and grocery stores to fill the gap.

I’m harvesting the ‘Baby Belle’ peppers before they turn red or yellow to hurry them along. The cauliflower needs to go in their place. I’ve snipped the tops and pinched out pepper flowers. These little peppers freeze nicely on a tray then are scooped into containers for winter uses. Most of the red bell peppers are large but still green. October has been unusually cool and cloudy. I’m holding out for red as long as I can.

Beet thinning hardly count as a harvest but are a nice addition to salads.

Thankfully, herbs are always at hand—garlic chives, parsley and also thyme and chives.

We’ve shared a few apples with critters so decided to harvest almost all the remaining ‘Dorsett Golden’ apples. This second crop is always smaller, in weight and size of the apples but no complaints here. Our early summer harvest from the small espaliered tree was 25 pounds and this one came to about 10 pounds.

We delivered bouquets and a gift bag to a friend who had surgery last week. After the drop we walked a favorite nearby beach on Coronado Island. The shot looks back to Point Loma where we live. The view was even more meaningful as I’m reading Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana. The “point” is oft spoken of in his recounting from the 1830’s.

Check the What I’m Planting Now and Garden Tasks This Week pages. Then head over to see what other garden bloggers around the world harvested last week at Harvest Monday hosted by Dave at Happy Acres blog.

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