Eggplant Harvest

I just wanted to share some of the organic heirloom eggplants that I’m growing and harvesting from the vegetable garden this summer.

Previous articles on this veggie gardening site covered tips for growing eggplants and discussed the exotic international roots of heirloom eggplant varieties.

Eggplant HarvestNow there’s a new harvest maturing to provide additional images and examples of how colorful and interesting heirloom eggplants can be in the garden or the kitchen.

Tired and bored of the same old, dark purple eggplants that you’ve been purchasing from the local grocer? There are more choices and variety than you may have imagined, but the catch is that you’ll have to grow these babies yourself.

Here’s a collection of eggplants that are anything but normal or routine. The long and slender green fruits are “Thai Long Green”. The sweet and tender, long lavender eggplants are fruits from the “Ping Tung” variety.

Heirloom Eggplant Line Up“Listada De Gandia” is the purple and white stripped Italian beauty. Then there are three different purple fruited eggplants including “Black Champion” and “Gitana.” And finally, there’s one of my personal favorites, the huge radiant green, oval-shaped fruit of the variety called “Green Giant.”

That’s just the beginning, there are more fruits of other heirloom eggplant varieties in additional sizes, shapes, and colors that I’ll be sharing as the season progresses.



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6 Responses to “Eggplant Harvest”

  1. Opal: Vegan Momma Says:

    What a bountiful harvest. :-) How do you prepare your eggplants for eating? I usually stuff or saute my eggplants. I picked some from the garden this past Saturday.

  2. Nicole Says:

    Gorgeous harvest! I have been enjoying lots of eggplant lasagna (where you use grilled eggplant slices instead of wheat noodles).

  3. Kenny Point Says:

    Opal,

    My favorite eggplant recipe is a Ratatouille of cubed eggplant, tomatoes, garlic, bell peppers, squash, okra, and herbs picked fresh from the garden. Once in a while I’ll stuff eggplant or use them in a stir fry.

    Nicole,

    That eggplant lasagna sounds delicious also!

  4. Penny Bond Says:

    Last summer (We’re in winter here in johannesburg now) I had loads & lods of eggplants - or brinjals as we call them - and researched lots of recipes. My favourite is a Persian recipe, where you salt and drain slices, grill one side, turn over and top with a thickish layer made up of: peanut butter, plain yoghurt, ground cumin and bit of chilli. Grill or bake again until the eggplant is cooked and the topping done. Serve as is. Very different.

    Another favourite is also Middle Eastern and Indian: Bake whole fruit in a moderate oven until very soft and puree with cumin, lemon, olive oil, yoghurt and of course salt and pepper. Serve as a dip with lovely bread. Known as Baba Ganoush. Also lovely. I first tasted it on a boat cruising down the Nile - and now find it’s pretty universal.

    cheers -

  5. Ottawa Gardener Says:

    For some who might be interested, I could not grow eggplant well until I started mulching the ground with clear plastic. Now they are imitating zucchini plants with their productivity.

  6. Kenny Point Says:

    I used plastic mulch for the first time with eggplants this season too, except that I used the red colored variety. The plants did seem to grow better with the mulch and there were fewer flea beetles as well. Some of the eggplants are well over four feet tall but beginning to struggle a little from the lack of rainfall.

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