One thing which DID work out was our beans. We had beautiful purple and green beans, enough for a bunch of meals. They were Very Good.
Especially when we roasted them with broccoli, olive oil and kosher salt, which is both simple and delicious. I love gardening, even during the years when the garden isn't perfect. (which seems to be most years in my garden ^^)
By the way, notice how the purple beans turned dark green after roasting, which was a surprising result. They tasted pretty much the same as the green ones, as far as I could tell.
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Beans were one of the big successes in our garden this year also. We also did well with peas, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage and cucumbers. It was a cold and wet summer. My eggplant plants have finally set flowers -- a little late now! Also my brussels sprouts plants right next to the very vigorous cabbages just never grew. They just sat there all season. I don't really understand what happened to them! We got the tomato blight too. Do you know if we are supposed to burn the plants? I suppose composting them would be out.
hmmm, eggplant flowers does seem a bit late indeed ^^
Yes, you are supposed to burn the tomato plants, but mine kind of disappeared in between the weeds and are basically unfindable so I will not burn them and hope for the best. I think the wetness was the biggest reason for the blight, I don't think it would be repeated even if you don't burn the plants. But that is my thinking, not based on actual knowledge. I know some of my friends did end up burning but I thought that was to protect this year's crop (much earlier this summer)
Karen
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