Slowly, my garden is emptying out. Most of the potatoes and onions are gone.
Garden
The beets are gone, except for a few that were still small. I left those to grow a bit and I’ll roast them for roasted beet salad. Each day I pull up 6 or 8 lettuce stalks and throw them in for the chickens.
Garden
Now it’s time to start thinking about the fall garden and next year’s spring garden. This spring, I planted artichokes for the first time ever. It will be a challenge to have them survive and produce here but I’m giving it my best shot. They like cool, damp summers . . need I say more? 🙂
Here are a few of the items I plan to plant in the spring that I’m really excited about. I’ve never seen or tasted a litchi tomato but they sound interesting. I read that they make really good jam. Others include Himalayan Honeysuckle/Chocolate Cherry, Otricoli Orange Berry and the Aronia Berry/Black Choke Cherry.
Black Choke Cherry
There’s always something to look forward to when there’s a good garden spot and interesting seeds/plants available.
Diann says
The post after this one does not show up on my computer and says not available. Just thought I’d tell you. You were talking about an IPAD or something. When I went to read the rest………not available.
Linda says
Ooo. Interesting stuff! 😉
Joyce says
Are there other things to use choke cherries for (besides jam)?
JudyL says
Not sure. Haven’t done much research. I know bluebirds like them.
Janice says
It’s wonderful that you can grow in your garden year round. Not the case here in zone 3. All the new things you are going to try sound very interesting and exciting, I hope they all grow for you. The last 2 posts (re: blog issues) showed up in blog lovin but were not available when I went to read them Maybe you deleted them?
Rebecca in SoCal says
I am so not a gardener. This seems a funny time to be clearing out the garden, but gardening is different in Texas.
Good luck with the artichokes. I think they tell us some of the best ones (to buy) are the ugly ones, because they’ve been through cold weather. Might they be a winter crop there?
Joyce from WV says
Am behind in reading your blog, but wanted to comment on the Litchi tomatoes. I grew these several years ago, and they grow easily, but I remember that I was always getting stuck by the thorns. I did not can them, and did not care for the taste as an eating tomato. Living in WV, very few seeds that drop in the garden come up the next year, but these did. Since they are heirloom seeds, you can save them to replant. Love reading about all that you can.