Autumn View

Looking toward the garden from my back door

Sundays in the Garden

The garden, of course, has been slowing down this month. The number of green beans and okra have gradually decreased until production stopped altogether. Garden chores are light this time of year. It seems that Sundays are meant for messing around in the garden. A lot gets done once one begins messing! One thing leads to another, and suddenly hours have passed and my back is tired. Here's a summary of happenings in the garden the last few weeks:

• Rouse and I dug the rest of the potatoes.
• I harvested some dried Rattlesnake pole bean seeds. Will return for more as the seed pods continue to dry on the plant. Hope to gather Garden of Eden Italian flat beans, too.
• Rouse removed the Moonflower vines and harvested a few seeds.
• I harvested parsley for the freezer.
• The peppers are still growing, but will need to be harvested soon.
• The mustards are looking fantastic. I've cooked up one mess of those greens already.
• Collards are growing well. Just need to get some size on them. Same with the kale.
• Don't know if the salad turnips will have time to produce edible roots before hard frost...
• Arugula and some lettuce is growing, but still too young to cut.
• I planted more lettuce to fill in the empty spaces: Romaine Winter Density, Black Seeded Simpson, Mesclin Mix
• The original planting of spinach germinated well, but evidently didn't have the proper support (water at the right time?) to continue growing. I replanted: Hybrid Smooth Leaf Spinach Raccoon, Hybrid Spinach Smooth Leaf Green; Dark Green Spinach Bloomsdale
• General clean up of old plants, trash, string trellises etc.

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