Gardening Photos From Our Garden – August 2022

August means harvest time for many plants we grow in bulk to store and use throughout the year. We harvest tomatoes, peppers, chard, winter greens, herbs, and garlic. Other plants and vegetables are still growing, but there will soon be a shift to more cold hardy winter greens and vegetables in our garden.

Some of our hotter pepper varieties growing outdoors are not yet ready to harvest. Growing some pepper plants indoors and others outdoors is one way we extend the growing season and make the most of our indoor growing space.

Hey there, check out the photos below and then click to compare to what we are doing a year later, in August 2023.

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Gardening photo of the week: 29 August – 4 September 2022

Harvesting cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes and garlic
Harvesting the last cherry and beefsteak tomatoes along with garlic dried outdoors
Bhut Jolokia ghost peppers started from seed early spring
Bhut Jolokia ghost peppers started from seed indoors in February this year
Fennel started from seed
Fennel started indoors from seed growing in one of our raised garden beds
Bee pollinating a flowering oregano plant
I always let some herbs flower. Here is a bee pollinating an oregano plant outdoors

Gardening photo of the week: 22 August – 28 August 2022

Making tomato chutney from freshly harvested tomatoes
Making tomato chutney from freshly harvested cherry tomatoes
Jamaican Bell peppers grown from seed
Jamaican bell peppers on pepper plant started from seed in February this year.
Making hot pepper sauce from freshly harvested peppers
We make hot sauce from freshly harvested cayenne, habanero and ghost peppers
Freezing chard in puck size portions for use all year round
Storing freshly harvested chard in puck-size portions for use in cooking all year round

Gardening photo of the week: 15 August – 21 August 2022

Wild strawberries growing in raised garden beds
Wild strawberries growing in raised garden beds
Harvesting garlic grown in containers
Harvesting 4 varieties of garlic growing in containers
Time to harvest chard
Time to harvest and store chard for use this coming winter
Fresh and dried habanero, Padron, ghost and cayenne peppers
Fresh & dried peppers (habanero, ghost, Padron, and cayenne)

Gardening photo of the week: 8 August – 14 August 2022

Start basil from seed every two weeks for continual supply all summer
Starting basil from seed every two weeks for fresh basil, pesto, and Salsa Verde all summer
Protecting pepper plant from pests, snails and slugs
Neem oil and water solution is not the only way we keep pests, snails, and slugs at bay
Young mint plants are great for making Salsa Verde
Young leaves make for tastier eating. Harvest your mint plants the right way safely.
Garlic scape left to "bloom"
We harvest most but not all garlic scapes. We leave some scapes to “bloom” on the plant

Gardening photo of the week: 1 August – 7 August 2022

Growing sage from cuttings
It takes patience to propagate sage from cuttings but I do recommend you try
Lemongrass grown from stem cuttings and stalks
Remember the lemongrass I started from store-bought stalks and cuttings?
Large: French tarragon plant grown from cuttings
I started this French tarragon plant indoors from a cutting earlier this year
Harvest ready cherry tomatoes
For me, it is a luxury to pick fresh cherry tomatoes every morning.