Yesterday, I managed to work the side bed of the main garden enough to get it into shape for planting...this wasn't easy without a tiller. I did it shovel and rake style. I put down some organic garden soil and planted snow peas, cabbage and beets in the "new" bed. If anything doesn't come up, I'll put in some more snow peas probably... my cabbage seeds are a couple of years old, so I'm not holding my breath that they will germinate. I already have a few cabbage plants in my small bed, along with broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, and cucumbers(all plants). I added some radishes, turnips, cauliflower, and snap peas in seed form yesterday there.
I noticed spinach, lettuce, cilantro, carrots, and basil are coming up in various containers on the patio. The onion sets look alright, the eggplant are blooming profusely. Of course, the oregano and garlic chives look fine, as does the old-timer, rosemary.
I have two more beds I can play with if I get time for more veggies, but they will be a lot of work without a tiller. I still need to get my flowerbed in order and clean up the pots around the house. The flowerbed will be full of pansies and violas later...the pansies haven't started showing up at the nurseries yet, anyway. The bright colors always make me feel better on cool winter days. I think my favorite part is choosing the colors to plant.
Today is Farmer's Market day. I hope to find plenty of veggies to put me in the mood for more garden work. I want the best fall garden ever, perhaps it will come.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Fall Garden
I decided that I wanted a small fall garden, rain willing, it may survive. I bought plants--some broccoli, tomatoes and what I think are cucumbers(canteloupe plants look pretty similar and it had no tag). I added some oregano and garlic chives to my rosemary for herbs. I recently bought a kumquat tree(seedless, which may work better when it comes to eating the little buggers) and I have a peach tree that needs to get into the ground before winter. All of my trees need some mulch to keep the mower from getting too close.
I want some pansies up front in my almost completely dried up flower bed, plus some strawberries to plant soon so I will have strawberries this Spring. I need some snow peas and peas, lettuce and spinach to round everything off. Hopefully I can refrain from killing everything this season. Fall is usually pretty good for me. I'll check my seed stash and see what I can come up with, perhaps there is some inspiration in there somewhere. Something so simple as a seed that grows into something so great may be enough to inspire me.
I want some pansies up front in my almost completely dried up flower bed, plus some strawberries to plant soon so I will have strawberries this Spring. I need some snow peas and peas, lettuce and spinach to round everything off. Hopefully I can refrain from killing everything this season. Fall is usually pretty good for me. I'll check my seed stash and see what I can come up with, perhaps there is some inspiration in there somewhere. Something so simple as a seed that grows into something so great may be enough to inspire me.
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