Things have really begun to slow down in the garden. This week my big goal is to clear out the squash patch and get the area ready for next spring.
The leaves are beginning to fall around the neighborhood and I plan to scoop up as many leaves as I can and add a nice layer of leaf litter in my garden and perennial flower beds. Before I can do that though I need to get a bunch of weeds pulled and move them over to the compost pile.
The hosta plants I transplanted this summer are beginning to die back. Are yours too? I’m hoping this is normal for this time of year {and that my plants are not dying, just hibernating}.
I planted a couple of packets of poppy seeds this summer and so far so good. Poppies usually take a year or two to get established but I’m hoping their tiny taproots will hang in there during the cooler months and I’ll get a few flowers next year.
Rotting squash vines… a puggle delicacy.
Are you still harvesting tomatoes?
I LOVE fall, and the chilly temps it brings but if I could harvest a few more baskets of ripe tomatoes I’d be one happy camper.
I don’t think the zucchini seeds I planted in early September are going to make it to the fruit stage. My fingers are crossed, but with evening temps in the upper 40’s I’m doubtful.
My neighbor The Church Lady commented on how she’d like to see more people growing vegetables in their front yard. I spent a whopping 5 minutes yesterday weeding my little garden bed {above is the before picture of course}. Oak leaf lettuce is a great decorative lettuce to grow in a front garden bed and it’s pretty darn tasty too.
Rainbow Swiss chard!
Mrs. Hillbilly sent me a text this morning wanting to know if I had any extra for her chickens. Ummm Yes. Yes I do. I’ll happily trade fresh eggs for Swiss chard any day of the week.
What’s happening in YOUR garden lately?
What are you harvesting these days?
~Mavis
This year’s garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2015 Garden Seed Catalog, or see the seeds I’ll be growing in my
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