dinner

App
Rice Cracker
Mixed cheese and olives
Spanish Cava Sparkler

Main Course
Saffron Shallot Tofu
Greek Oregano Dusted Adobo, Green Chile Paste Chicken

StirFry
Garlic
saffron
Cayenne
Hungarian Black Pepper Paprika
Flat Leaf Parsley
Amarillo Yellow Carrot
Danvers 126 Carrot
Celery
Buerre d' Roc Yellow Wax
Rattlesnake Beans
Sliced Marvel of Venice Pole Beans
Tromboncino and White Sicilian Zuchinni
Chocolate Beauty Pepper
Tequila Orange Pepper
Gourmet Orange Pepper
Garden Sunshine(still yellow) Pepper
Pink Lipstick Chard

Sides
Marjoram Roasted Egyption Flat and Ruby Beets
Tortarello Abruzezze and black and cream tomato salad with fresh mozz and thai basil

Wine
Bodegas Lan 2002

Desert
Dow Port Vintage 1985
Fresh Home made Peach and Blueberry IceCream with waffle cone crisps

Bean Report

Lost the Dragon Lingerie ;( , Maxibel, Burgundy and a lot of the Provider to the hideous rust. I've never planted beans in any of the spots where these puppies died. Never had rust like this. Other beans, planted places where they'd planted in previous years--no rust. Strange. I thought, at first, it had something to do with the small blue spruces proximity to the bed. Yet, however and suchforth, correlation doesn't equal causation. Its a fungus-amongous--Uromyces phaseoli typica. I think Neem is the answer for this. Anyway...sadness but we move on, cause I planted plenty more. They're everwar--that's why I spread out plantings! The Pole Beans are really starting to come in. All the shell beans are getting going. The succession planting is definitely the answer.

Just harvested the major Buerre d' Roquencourt crop for our precious Dilly Beans-delicioso.

Let me just say again. Succession planting!

Fall garden is in.

A 4 hour digging and chopping festival. First, had to cut out the first wax beans and volunteer agate soy beans(harvested all dry..yum). Removed the destroyed Maxibel and Burgandy. Left the provider green beans in for a little while longer. Also prepared all the pots that, in previous years, had been the pepper pots. Added three strips of 6 inch emitter 1/4 for some dry spots in the system.

All of the things I listed in the previous post are now planted. Last year I got it all in August 15th. This year, August 6th and August 11th. I can't wait for winter salads.......man o man, I can't wait.

Trifele

First one today! Doesn't have the classic pear shape though.

rose, green heart, misato daikons are planted.
Variegated Raddichios planted
Frisee's planted. Aug 6.

What's producin.

Tomato

White Currant
Nyagous
Red Rose
Cream Sausage
Principe Borghese

Monday Night Stir Fry

White Zuchini
Crooked Neck Zuchinni
Agate Soy Bean
Beurre 'd Roq beans
Violetto Beans
Red Core Chantenay
Multi Colored Chard
Celery
Masai Beans
Purple Glazer Garlic
Shallot
Flat Italian Parsley

Tomato Report

3 plants lost to the wretched spotted wilt.

White Beauty
Green Giant
Box Car Willie

Garden Peach was interplanted with mustards and choi. It shriveled up and died, it was so unhappy. A green grape and black cherry were also stunted but have since revived. A terrible companion planting. The flea beetles had a Say-hey!-day. 30 Plants left...

Fall/Winter Starts

Here is the list of winter starts in the basement plus future and recent direct seeding for the fall. In previous years, I've planted romanesco, cabbage, brocoli, cauliflower, and asian radishes in springtime with poor results. Colorado gets to hot, too quick.

This year hope to plant all Kole's by Aug 1rst. Last year I didn't get them in till the 15th..we had an early hard frost and I didn't get much from the broccoli. But I'm recommitted. We'll see what kind of production comes of it. The italian seeds are all from Seeds of Italy..a g.r.e.a.t. seed company.

Radicchio
Cicoria Bianca di bergamo(white radicchio like)
Cicoria Pan di Zucchero (upright white radicchio!)
Cicoria Variegata Di CastelFranco (variegated radicchio)
Cicoria Variegata Di Chioggia (same)
Cicoria Variegata Di Lusia(same)
Cicoria Palla Rossa Precocce (early red radicchio)
Cicoria Grumolo Bionda
Cicoria Grumolo Rossa
Cicoria Orchidea Rossa
Cicoria Rossa Di Treviso (upright red radicchio)
Cicoria Catalogna Brindisina (new poor germination)

Other Italian

Escarole-Bionda A Cuore Pieno
Escarole-Bubikopf
Endive-Frisee Cuor D'Oro
Endive-Frisee Riccia Louviers

Kole

Broccoli-Atlantic
Broccoli-Piracicabe OP Calabrese-type
Raab-Zamboni
Romanesco-Cavolfiore broccolo romanesco natalino (romanesco)
Cauliflower-Cavolfiore di Sicilia Violetto (purple)
Kale-Savoy Cross
Kale-Rainbow Tuscan (fedco)
Red Cabbage-Marner Laggerot
Red Cabbage-Red Acre

Winter recommended lettuces from Fedco
Tango
Winter Marvel bibb
Winter Density bibb/rom.
red velvet(nichols garden nursery)
cardinale batavian

Fennel-Finale (short season)

Choice mixture petunia's, fill in spaces in the pots for fall.

Aug 1rst
Radishes(Red, Green hearted; Daikon), mustards, tatsoi, mache all direct seeded.

July 3rd week-Succession plant carrots. 5th planting. To avoid the worms, I'm giving them a headfake.

July 7

Direct Seeded Green Lettuce Leaf Basil, Lemon, Lime Basil.