And…. I’m back! 😉
Yesterday the puggle princess and I were able to spend some time in the garden pulling up the last bit of beans. In one of the garden boxes we planted 4 rows of seeds  {lettuce, carrots, beets and radishes}. With a little luck the radishes and lettuce will be ready in about 45 days. The beets and carrots? Those should be ready to harvest in late November if we don’t get a hard freeze.
For now, I’m planning on leaving the other garden box just as it is. The vines on the hubbard squash are still alive and kicking so I don’t want to disturb them. Last night I counted a whopping 5 hubbard squash in the garden. Not too shabby for a small garden plot if you ask me.
How about you? Have you planted anything recently?
~Mavis
Ursula says
I put in seeds for various winter crops (shallots, beets, spinach, kale) back in the end of July, but almost none of them germinated in the August heat. 6 weeks later, I’m finally seeing those telltale seed leaves coming up. Guess I might get some food out of them before winter hits…?
On the other hand, I’m still harvesting tomatoes, so I can’t complain too much.
Vicki H. says
Love your blog!!
This past weekend, I planted some winter squash. Butternut and Acorn, my favorites. Also planted a few Spaghetti squash seeds, some collards, broccoli and Kale. Hoping something pops up soon.
Laura says
Is that a Roly Poly bug? Our garden is being over run with Roly Poly and EARWIGS! I swear BILLIONS of Earwigs. We dont want to use chemicals but they are really out of control in my container garden veggies. Anyone have any ideas?
Phyllis says
Never actually tried it, but supposedly earwigs like to hide during the day. You can put rolled up newspapers near your plants in the evening then the next morning, pick up the rolled up newspaper and discard it into a plastic garbage bag.
Carole says
Glad you are back in the dirt. Nothing like dirt on your hands and seeds in the ground. I planted pole beans yesterday, have 7 tomato plants doing great and chard and lettuce to plant later. Its hot here, still in the high 90s. YIKES!!
Mel says
After hacking down all our basil trees and making 14 batches of pesto last week, I finally cleared enough room to plant the rest of our fall veggies. I already had turnips and carrots going in an empty bed, but I added snowpeas, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, collards, and beets. I’ve ordered garlic to plant just before frost as well. I’ve never grown anything in the fall, so I’m excited to see what happens. I’ve already seen a number of cabbage moths scouting the joint, so I’m imagining an uphill battle to frost.
Jennifer Meyer says
Those carrots are funky, I love it! How do they taste?
Mavis Butterfield says
Great! And they are fun on party platters too.
Phyllis says
Planted beets, carrots, kale, chard, arugula, lettuce, red mustard, and mache (corn salad). It is so frustrating to have all those beautiful, leafy greens and no cucumbers,tomatoes or peppers to add to the salad… nature’s greatest miss match.