New Mexico Central

Yesterday’s harvest was perhaps our biggest daily haul yet, apparently thanks to the greater-than-one-inch rainfall we got Sunday and the full day of sun yesterday.  There was, in fact, so much of it that for the first time we decided to weigh it.  The day’s total: 15 pounds.  No kidding – that was our single-day harvest yesterday evening.  It was such that we were inclined to arrange the food for photographic purposes prior to putting it away, although we did toss in a few of the previous day’s items (two yellow squash, a zucchini, a cucumber or two, and a few grape tomatoes) foreaesthetic effect.  A couple of the zucchinis went from not-so-big to arm size in just a day, meaning we’re looking at more bread and/or fritter making in the foreseeable future.  Today’s harvest, not shown, was probably about five to seven pounds and dominated by cucumbers (although we did get a few zucchini and some grape tomatoes, as well).  The two snow peas were a surprise; we didn’t think they’s survive the heat, much less drop a couple of pods on us in August.  We certainly aren’t complaining, though!