Pole beans are finished for the season.
It’s nearing the end of the CSA season, and next week will be the last share. And Bee Heaven Farm is looking like it. The rows of veggies are shaggy with weeds. Beans are done, they’re all dried up. Tomato plants are wilting and turning brown from heat and bugs, and there’s less fruit on the vines. There’s a few things left to pick — collards, hot peppers and berries.
Clusters of ripening Mysore raspberries dare you to pick them. Watch out for thorns!
Mysore raspberries are coming in fast and heavy. As the fruit ripen they turn from reddish to a dark purple. The ripest ones fall into your hand at the slightest tug. They grow in clusters along thin branches covered in sharp thorns, similar to rose bushes. It’s easy to get caught in those thorns if you reach too far. One would need to wear some kind of armor to wade deep into the brambles to pick all the ripe berries.
Baby avocados are about two inches long so far. They’ll grow to weigh two to three pounds.
Avocados are growing rapidly. Last week the fruit were a little bit bigger than an olive. This week they have doubled in size. The trees are loaded and so far it looks like it will be a good season. Look for an email from Farmer Margie this summer when the avocados are available.
A bed of kale taken over by weeds.
Redland Rambles 