Fall Update

Actually having a job has taken a toll on my garden, and moreso my blogs. We were able to get quite a bit of corn and okra this summer. If I had kept up with it, we would have had okra coming out our ears. After the middle of August however, everything was pretty much left to its own.

A few weeks ago, I went out to look at the damage. I was very surprised to harvest a few carrots, peppers, and lots of tomatoes. I also dug up the sweet potatoes and got a good basketful. We've been really enjoying those. The chard is still going strong and there is one carrot, one leek, and a few parsnips ready to harvest at any time. I was also surprised to see that the lemon balm came back. Other pots still doing well are the spearmint, parsley, kale, scallions, and chives.

If I can find time this Sunday, I would really like to clean out the beds, plant the garlic my uncle gave me, and at least rake enough leaves to put on top of the bed that will be home to the root vegies next year. I'm probably too late at this point to plant a cover crop on the other beds.

Then I will be somewhat set to start out properly next year at winter break. We'll see...