Mid Summer Harvist and Replanting

At this point in the summer its time to start harvesting our veggie.  We have been getting some, however now we are ready to pull up the carrots and beets.

Garlic is not harvested based on time.  Instead you harvest when the stalks turn brown and fall over. 

To harvest you simply pull them out.  Garlic comes in two kinds, soft necked and hard necked.  Most of what you get in the store is soft neck, however ours is hard necked.  Both are stored in dry cool areas after having been cleaned, however soft necked lasts up to a year, while hard neck lasts up to 6 months.

Our harvest for these was a bit disappointing, further our cucumbers didn't come up and our beans have not yet produced.  After pulling the carrots and beets its a good idea to replant, additionally at the time its time to plant more corn, cucumbers, beans, beets and broccoli (which will be harvested in November). 

To do this we chose to turn the area between the flower bed and the walkway into another vegetable bed (as well as the area next to the chicken coop). 

To do this we tilled up the soil and added compost.  We then placed a boarder around it to separate it from the grass. 

We have planted cucumber bushes (which do not need to grow up the fence), beans, okra, corn, carrots and beets.  We have also planted additional broccoli in the area the carrots were trying to grow (it was next to the old broccoli which worked, while the carrots did not grow well).  I still hope that we will end up with enough vegetables to store some for the winter.