Garden Update 2014, Here Comes the Veggies and Pesto, too

Baby Japanese Eggplant, Scallop Squash, Ronde de Nice zucchini (round) Crookneck Squash, Spring Peas and a few cucumbers.

The photos are of the last three days harvest.  I made the pesto over the weekend.  I have more basil than I know what to do with, this is just half of what is ready at my community garden which has 6 plants.   I still have large leaf basil and purple basil to pick here at the house (2 plants each). The pesto sauce will be so wonderful to have in the winter when I make soups.

 I love the Ronde de Nice squash.  I stuffed these on Friday with a mixture of chopped onions, the inside of squash cut into cubes, feta cheese and basil, of course!

This photo shows two Cherokee Purple tomatoes, just coming in now.

This is just a fraction of the summer squash I have been picking this month.  Funny how we forget that by summers end we will be so tired of baked, steamed, sauteed and stuffed squash but for now I am really enjoying it.  I baked a few muffins and a couple of loaves of bread too.  In the freezer they went as I know I will have plenty more squash to bake more in the next few weeks.

Cocozelle Zucchini

A few cherry tomatoes just coming in, my tomatoes seem to be behind this year; crazy weather is to blame.

Nice batch of Kentucky Wonder beans.

Small leaf Italian Basil

Look at the basil, just leaves here.  It took me most of the morning to pick off all of the leaves.
But look how much I made, this is actually the second batch I made already this year.  3 pints are in the freezer.  The plastic containers in back hold 2 cups.  Small jar is 8 ounces and I think the small plastic one is also 1 cup.

Pulling Onions! June 2 2014

 I pulled up a few onions today, some were quite large.  I still have another patch but a gopher decided to move into this patch and got to a few of the smaller ones so I went ahead and pulled up what he left me.  I can let the smaller ones that I pulled (not in photos) dry and replant in the fall.