Vince has worked so hard this weekend getting the fall garden ready to plant.
Tilling the Garden
Because of the loofah, Japanese okra, yacon and Jerusalem artichokes are still growing, we’re having to plant the new garden in spots around those things.
Fall Garden
A very good and hard working friend came over Sunday afternoon and even though it was blazing hot, we planted four different kinds of lettuce, two kinds of spinach, kale, carrots, beets, and chard. In the next day or so, we plan to start arugula, radicchio, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and brussels sprouts in pots and try to get them growing before putting them in the ground. I haven’t had much luck here with any of those things so instead of wasting garden space on something that isn’t going to grow, I’ll start them in pots and if they seem to be growing, I’ll transplant them.
Plants
A bunch of plants were repotted into larger pots. The ginger is growing like crazy and I could have harvested some root but didn’t. All of the plants had small roots/rhizomes that looks like the ginger I buy in the grocery store but I wanted it to grow bigger so I didn’t harvest any of it.
We also bought 6 tomato plants and I repotted those, as well as three that had popped up in the compost bins, so we have 9 tomatoes to try to grow in the greenhouse this winter, along with one new basil plant and 2 older, kinda sad looking basil plants.
No matter how disappointed I was in the summer garden, it’s still exciting to get back to playing in the dirt. I have high hopes for the fall garden!
Rebecca in SoCal says
I know it’s the “official” end of summer, but our weather doesn’t. It still seems funny to read about your fall garden, and see pictures of northern gardens with their last tomatoes and reddening apples.
Aren’t you afraid that larger ginger will be woody?
Julie Stocker says
I’m one of those northern gardeners. I mowed around the apples trees as they fell on my head today. We had a lush summer up until August, and it became hot and dry. Even had some cracks open up in the yards, and I haven’t seen that in many years. A few rains just last week re-greened a lot, but everything growing was stressed. The only joy of the drought was my mowing time was turned into sewing time.
I envy you planting for fall now. I could still get in some mustard, lettuces, and a few other cool weather crops, and then plan on row covers if I had to, but I also remember years when we got snowflakes in October. I think I’ll count my blessings for what’s standing in the garden yet. Some tomatoes, peppers, and my herbs. I was blessed with a bag of beets and squash from a neighbor today, too, and think that will taste delicious tomorrow. Happy gardening, friends!
Diana G says
This will be the first time I grow a winter garden so we shall see .. Onions and garlic are on the agenda for this year. So we shall see what happens, I would like to grow some ginger maybe I will start that indoors who knows …
I am going to put eggplant on my next year’s list as well as more onions. We just so enjoyed the salsa garden we had this year with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and garlic. The garden did so well this year and I still have more tomatoes to pick as well as peppers. I think I will get some poblano peppers to make rellanos as I have the green chili frozen already as well as the homemade refried beans.
Susan says
What wonderful plans you have for your fall garden. I have none. I do think if I had plants growing in pots, I might be tempted to leave them in the pots. =) Next year, I’d like to do a pallet garden of herbs on the deck – unless the deck falls completely apart with this winter’s wet and freeze cycle.
Claudia says
We are in France right now and drove up to Ypres, Belgium (Flanders Fields) yesterday. Lots of crops in the country. We kept seeing one that we didn’t recognize. Finally got close enough to see acres and acres of brussel sprouts!