Produce production

The Sweet Sixteen apple:

"Crisp and juicy with an exotic yellow flesh and a very sweet, unusual sugar cane or spicy cherry candy flavor."

That's the description offered by the apple's inventors, the University of Minnesota, and we agree with it. We have been loving our Sweet Sixteen tree. It has the most unique apples we have ever tasted, and they are huge.

We took one of our Sweet Sixteens to the Extension program's apple and cheese tasting event, and the hosts were very impressed. It's a fun event, and it's free. They provide everything. This was our second year attending. Click here for pictures from last year. If you're feeling jealous right now, don't despair. There's another event this Friday, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Ogden Botanical Gardens. Enjoy!

Now, take a look at some of our bounty this season.

Aside from the apricots and apples, we harvested tomatoes, bell peppers, red cherry peppers, basil, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, acorn squash, yellow summer squash and zucchini. We also grew cantaloupe and orange-fleshed watermelon, which you will see below.