FAVA BEAN CROP
This year's fava beans were made possible by a well-muscled friend who, while waiting for goods to come off the grill, took it upon himself to tear up enough sod to make a nice fava bean patch. It was planted during a game of charades and in between beers. An auspicious beginning.
The crop took off, reaching alien heights. One plant almost lost its life during a break encounter with the weedwacker, but the little nick was repaired with duct tape and the plant was almost as good as new.
Unfortunately, for all its foliage and vertical growth, this is not a high yielding crop. I think there was fertilizer in the dirt. Maybe I could have watered more. Behold the entire season's worth of fava beans:
THE LONE APPLE:
You are looking at the sole survivor of a rampage by the only gardener left in the yard at this time of the year.
Although it happens every year, for some reason I am always shocked to find my veggies sheared and my apples trees robbed of their already modest fruits. I had left this one apple, the only one of a size that could be generously called "normal," to get as fat as it could on the tree. Somehow it had fallen and escaped from moose consumption.
CARROTS
I think I planted a baby variety this year and by the end of the summer, had a nice bowl of little carrots. The flavor was good but unremarkable. It breaks my heart to thin out the carrots, and the seedlings take a significant amount of time to produce a carrot big enough to be worth picking. Next year: likely skip the carrots.
SNOW PEAS
Excellent climbers and adorned with beautiful pink and magenta flowers, these buggers, like many pea plants growing in Alaska, are prolific. They produce a pod thinner than the snap pea but are not as sweet. Next year: plant them for looks but look to snap peas for eating.
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