I know, right? Seems like it takes all summer for things to get going and then suddenly it's an overwhelming amount! We had a frost this week which lends a little more urgency to it all.

WOW! Everything looks beautiful. Lucky you to have such a productive garden... which I know was a lot of work.

Very nice pictures, Gardengrl66!

We have had some mornings in the 30's and may have a frost after a couple of days of (blessed) rain early this week.

It was an "Exceptionally" dry year and blisteringly hot during the first days of summer. A good pepper year and here is a picture at my kitchen window.

Steve

That's a lovely harvest.

Thanks to all of you for the kind comments. Mostly I just wanted to celebrate the harvest. Digit, thank you for joining me in the photo category! those are some beautiful peppers - what kind are they? I just started growing them the last two seasons - there are chili-roasting vendors all over the place this time of year and I thought, I bet I could grow those! Mine are a combo of Anaheim and Pueblo chiles.

First time chili pepper grower? Good for you!

Those are also Anaheim, Gardengrl66. Some are Jolene, an Italian sweet. Lots of little Super Chilies and Thai Hots dried in a basket, elsewhere. There are a few Altiplano Serrano with them.

Last year was also a fairly good pepper year. (Two in a row sure isn't common here!) So, there were plenty of the Jalapeno peppers frozen at the start of the 2021 growing season. This is the first year that I haven't grown Jalapeno in a long long time.

Steve

What a bounty! impressive.

Here is my first cantaloupe. It was unbelievably good. Fresh fruits and vegetables are the best.

L Clark, I am really impressed that you grew that in zone 4! We had a couple very small melons (they are in the picture, hiding between the chiles and the cabbage) but our vines died with that first, very light frost. Way to go.

Thanks - I have a big hot house that I grew it in. So I cheated

I see your melons now. My eyes missed them. They look fantastic. What variety?

One of our pear trees seems a bit confused on whether it's really Fall or Spring today.

...but our pomegranate tree/bush knows it is indeed Fall...

....it's leaves are starting to turn yellow so I picked most of them this morning.

That melon is a "Hale's Best" which is an heirloom and allegedly matures in 75 days. I never know when to start counting those days (I know it is supposed to be from time of transplant, but with the late-spring cold snaps it seems to take longer around here!) They were delicious - I'm going to try again next year and maybe protect them better. Sadly I do not have a greenhouse.

vgkg, how wonderful to grow your own pomegranates! Have you opened one yet?

Yes gardengrl, I picked one about 2 weeks ago to test it out, the seeds were pinkish red and a bit tart so I decided to leave the rest on the bush a bit longer. I plan to juice the rest of them soon, the seeds are a bit too crunchy for me but the juicer will eliminate those and we'll just drink them up....and btw, you have a very bountiful harvest, nice pics!

Gardengrl, you have a great looking harvest. Are the foil pans filled with dried beans? Do you have frost tolerant crops still growing?

Digit and L. Clark, and vgkg, your photos are fun to see, too. So many talented growers on GW.

No photos, but my recent harvest included 12.5 pounds of potatoes from only 3 plants. They were Early Superior but took longer to die back than any other variety. I was amazed that two plants had 5 pounds each including a few giants. The third had 2.5 pounds. Several nice sized ones and also lots of super tiny ones that looked almost like the gravel that is also in the bed. I have only small plantings of potatoes scattered about my garden beds. There are a few other spots to harvest. I do not expect them to have such high yields.

Red and yellow raspberries are still ripening. There are not many plants but they give a nice snack when I visit the garden. Gogi berries are growing, still green. They are soooo late to ripen here. They are in an out of the way spot so I let them stay. I do not think they taste great and the plants grow huge. If they were not on an edge that I don't care about, they would probably be removed. But for this year, they will stay.

naturegirl, yes those are dried beans - one pan is regular old black beans - about eight pounds by the time they are all dried, and the other is a variety called "calypso" or "yin-yang" beans, about 4 pounds. It is plenty to keep our family in beans thru the winter, and I save seed for next year. Been doing this about five years. As you seem interested in yields, I got these from about 120 row-feet of bean plants.

Yes we still have cabbage and kale, carrots, rutabagas, beets, leeks and onions growing in the mountains. I am also trying to nurse along a new project, flour corn, but not sure we're going to get there. Back here in the "lowland" garden there is still tons because it hasn't frozen yet. Squash, chard, tomatoes, celery. Even basil.

Impressive yields yourself on the potatoes! The ones in my picture are Red Norland, and only from three hills. I have to go back this weekend and get the rest...

naturegirl said "Gogi berries are growing, still green. They are soooo late to ripen here. They are in an out of the way spot so I let them stay. I do not think they taste great and the plants grow huge."

I grew gojis for a few years then removed them all. Thorny bushes that spread aggressively via rhizomes along with small yields and not all that tasty made my decision easy.