Autumn is rapidly progressing. Change is in the air. Temperatures are dropping, and while the leaves have been less than showy this year they are dropping, too.
Past time to clean out and prepare the beds for the winter garden, but I'm hopeful seeds planted now will germinate and flourish under lightweight row covers.
Andrew was a big help, adding muscle to the task and helping with little decisions along the way. We removed the spent okra, long beans, cherry tomato plants, volunteer melons, etc. We decided to leave the peppers until frost.
Andrew prepared the soil, turning it and fluffing it, defining the rows by creating little hills. He makes it look so easy!
Today we sowed a variety of seeds ...
One bed full of:
- Spinach - Raccoon smooth leaf, Tyee savoy leaf
- Asian greens - Yukina savoy, Tatsoi
One full bed each of:
- Beets - 2 rows Cylindra and 1 row Red Ace
- Kale - Red Russian, Toscano, Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch, & Smooth
Two small mixed beds of:
- arugula
- baby oak leaf lettuce
- new red fire leaf lettuce
- buttercrunch bib lettuce
- dubuisson endive
- hakurei salad turnips
- radishes
- red cardinal spinach
- lettuce
