Quick Update - Day 100

August always seems to be a pivotal summer month; it is the summer month I remember the most (because it’s the last) and it’s the month (in most areas) that can make or break a garden.  In my opinion it’s also the month with the nicest weather.  Thankfully Environment Canada was wrong (again) and the month has turned out to be considerably nice with some of the hottest days of the year.

The warmer weather has been a welcome gift for the garden.  It has spurred the growth of everything: the peas and beans are now heavy with vegetables, there are finally too many tomatoes to count with some starting to change color, the dill has matured, the sunflowers are huge and forming buds, the zucchini is now ready to be picked and the squash are starting to develop.  Because of the exceptionally warm days and evenings over the last weekend, all my zucchini plants now each have two or three zucchini that are ready to be picked and the baby squash have grown from the size of a ping-pong ball to that of a small water balloon.

 August is also the month were I start to spend less time in the garden.  For some reason the weeds become less of an issue and I focus more on harvesting and eating the fresh veggies as opposed to fretting and weeding.  The only thing that needs to keep up with is the watering.

A few nights ago we had beans and swiss chard with dinner, and last night we ate our first zucchini accompanied with dill garden potatoes.  August is also the time of year where you try to eat as many vegetables as possible while they are fresh as can be.  Garden veggies in the winter taste wonderful but nothing is as immediately after it was picked.

I am very thankful for the warmer weather and hope it decides to stick around a little longer.

** I'll post more photos on facebook :)