My garden is amazing, if I do say so myself! 🙂 My neighbor cannot believe how good it looks. When I was first telling her what all I was planting, I know she was thinking . .Poor Judy! None of that stuff is going to grow here! But she’s not thinking that any more.
Now that my outdoor sink is hooked up . .
. . . even though in this picture, it wasn’t hooked up yet . . I can start canning mustard greens. It’s so easy to wash them in these big sinks. I can swish them around with lots of water and with the bottom of the sink being white, I can see when there’s finally no grit left in the rinse water.
They still get a final wash in the kitchen sink. I am so loving having that sink out there. But, I’m loving even more having produce that’s needing to be washed in those big sinks. By the way, Vince has a faucet for it but I think the water hose with the nozzle is working better. That makes it so easy to squirt all that grit down the drain and the water flows right out into the garden to water the thirsty blueberries! The greens in the sink were for dinner last night.
So . . here’s the garden!
The chard is doing great! There’s a second planting that needs thinning and my neighbor is going to come over this evening and thin it out and use the baby chard to make salads.
Lettuce is doing great. I’ve planted a second batch of lettuce too. This little bit is from a mesclun mix packet.
Mustard greens are about to get out of control. We’re eating them almost every day and I’ll start canning them this weekend.
The broccoli is growing like a weed. By the end of the weekend, I should be able to see some heads beginning to form.
There are a couple dozen volunteer tomatoes that have popped up. Yesterday I noticed some of them were blooming. I decided to dig some of them up and put them in pots and I’ll bring them in when the temps drop too low and see if there’s a chance I can end up with a few good tomatoes!
If they don’t survive, or if they don’t produce . . nothing is lost. If I hadn’t dug them up, they would freeze next week and I wouldn’t get anything from them anyway so . . no harm in trying.
The kale is coming along nicely. There are beets ready to harvest. I’ll make a roasted beet salad with some of them this weekend but if we keep munching on them a few at a time, I’m not going to have enough to make pickled beets to can. The carrots are growing. The garlic hasn’t sprouted yet. I’m hoping to see green sprouts in the garlic patch by the end of the weekend. The cauliflower is growing, though a bit slower than I had hoped.
This is one of the best fall gardens I’ve had and we’re so enjoying the fresh produce.
Cathy Stoddard says
Judy, I am so jealous of your long growing season!! Your garden is amazing!! We are in southwest MO and will be building on another property in this area within the next few years so no need to do it now, but one of my dreams is to have a wood-heated greenhouse,
I will have to do a lot of reasearch, such as pollination, less daylight, etc. but what a luxury to have a home-grown tomato in January!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Helen Koenig1 says
Cathy – FWIW – I used to have a wood heated greenhouse – easy to do – I found an old wood stove (had a plate in the bottom to cover a hole), made sure the plate was relatively new so it wouldn’t burn through at night, made sure the whole stove was on fire brick – or in my case – builder’s sand – which was hard-packed – and replaced one of the plexiglass roof “windows” with stove pipe that was insulated enough so that it wouldn’t catch the adjoining wood on fire. And it was safe – VERY safe! I could load that up with wood in the evening and bank the fire, which would keep the greenhouse warm all night – and half the morning! (Greenhouse finally died – another story – and due to being washed away in a flood – no problem with the wood stove)
Roberta says
Big envy here!!!!!!!!!! I dug up the last of the leeks two days ago so nothing left out there but the garlic for next summer’s harvest. sigh…
But there is more time for sewing for sure.
Hugs!!!!
Erin says
Wow the sink looks perfect where it is! You are always thinking! Your season to grow down there is fabulous! Still don’t know how you do it. How are you feeling Judy? Any more energetic with the adjustment in meds? Although cant imagine what you would do with more energy! How about learning to relax!
Peggy says
My husband and I were visualizing next year’s garden today. I hope we have a garden that looks as nice as your come May.
Helen Koenig1 says
And I’m just now plotting and planning my next year’s garden – which isn’t as easy as it sounds – in part because my son and I have discussed having the garden in an entirely different location – and I’m just plain not sure WHERE it will be!
Penny Holliday says
Judy ~ I love your beautiful garden ~ specifically what you are growing now! Thanx for sharing such wonderful pics. Gosh, I’m envious!!
Penny in So CA
SarahB says
I got my seed catalogs in the mail this week so it must be time to start planning next years garden. Once again you have inspired me to try new things! Unfortunately for my husband it means he has to double the size of the current garden… but he loves the fresh canned tomatoes when it’s 28 degrees outside!!
Pauline Kennelly says
Beautiful garden, I’m so happy for you! Great sink in a perfect setting. Thanks for sharing!
Peg H says
Wow! I’m SO impressed! Your garden is a wondrous site. Truly.
Linda says
Beautiful garden! All of your hard work has paid off! Congratulations!
Dar in MO says
Your garden sure is beautiful. I want to know how you keep the weeds from growing between the rows. That was always my most frustrating and time consuming chore of my gardens.
carol c says
looks like heaven Judy, so glad you are producing so much!
cold front coming this weekend, temps drop bad
be careful
Regina says
looks great -and that sink is inspired!!!
Micki clemens says
Beautiful fall garden, the sink was a great idea! Micki
FrancesB says
Judy, I really love your blog! Thanks for sharing every day.
Marie Gilkey says
Before my garden died, I picked all the green tomatoes and brought them in. And I have been eating tomatoes every day. Still have a dozen or so left. Was hoping to have some left for Christmas but I am enjoying them daily till they are gone. Love fresh produce!!! Oh, and I live about 60 miles south of Kansas City, so you know our weather around here!!
Doe in Mi says
WOW your gsrden does look great.