This fantastic weather is giving my garden a chance to catch up - I have more peas ready to harvest, the beans are actually getting a chance to grow . . . but my greenhouse, alas, is done for the year. I cleaned it out a few days ago, there's only 5 tomato plants left in there now, but as soon as I finish picking the ripe ones, they're going too. The leaves are turning yellow, despite daily watering and tons of sunshine, so I think that's it for 2011. That's okay though, gives me a chance to finish with the garden - I have a ton of carrots to put up - and plan the whole shebang again for next spring.
This was the garden, in all it's mostly weed-free glory a couple of weeks ago. Everything is bigger now, except the potatoes, as I've pulled up some, as well as some carrots. The Buttercrunch lettuce got away on me, while I was waiting for heads to form, the plants decided to bolt instead - I'll try it again next year, but at least the Romaine turned out awesome. I just planted a little too much. My planting plan was based on an expected 50% death rate, but I don't think even 25% of the plants died. So unless we had salad every single day, there's no way I could keep up with my lettuce crop.
Remember, one-third of this garden is an experiment! A very successful experiment, if I may be allowed to brag!
Must go and weed now, and harvest more carrots, beets and peas. Next blog post, I'll share some of the other stuff I've been doing this month . . . a departure from gardening, and back to one of my earlier loves, before I'd really discovered writing as an art form.
Hopefully, you'll love what I've come up with!
Thanks for reading!
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