Sunny Days

'Cause who can resist a good sunflower picture?

Apple Bagging

Also not from the high tunnel, obviously. These apples are bagged to protect them from pests.

DJP over at the Vegetable Garden gives an extensive explanation of the apple bagging process, so I'll refer you to him. He's a former extension staffer and was an early pioneer of this bagging technique.

The UW Extension also has an apple bagging video on its site.

They Might Be Giants

Onions in the high tunnel are H.U.G.E. huge.

Cheery-O

These bright red beauties did not come from the high tunnel, but they did come from the extension's organic gardens. I picked a good bunch and hardly made a dent. Soooo pretty.

Cucumbers

The cucumbers look healthy, but there's not much worth picking yet. These are pickling cukes, destined for vinegar.

First Fingerling

Okay the potato plants are still totally flowering, but I just had to sneak a peak at what was hiding underneath. Pulled this nice large fingerling out this morning. I'd say he's ready! (But I'll let his brothers and sisters be for a while.)

Was a little fearful when I reached in to get him 'cause the bees were sure plentiful this morning....


Rolling up the sides lets all those helpful critters in.

A Tale of Two Tomatoes

Our high tunnel tomatoes aren't really any further along than anyone else's this summer. It'll be a while before these three paste toms are ready to eat. All the plants are big and healthy thought.

The real test will be to see how late we can get tomatoes this fall. These plants fall in the tiny and might-not-make-it category. Can you even see that poor naked little stem about an inch in front of the stake??? We have a whole row of little cherry tomatoe buggers like that. If they make it, we might be harvesting in October. How cool would that be?

Live, little plants, live.