Because I can't just let life come to a standstill right now, I kept myself busy with gardening chores.
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| shades of green, orange, and red tomatoes ripening on an old towel |
After harvesting the very last of the tomatoes, I pulled up the plants and tossed them on the compost heap.
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| this year's tomato bed is no more |
There were quite a few weeds in there as well, so I spent a little time tidying up the soil.
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| kale in front, garlic in back |
I planted the late fall/early spring kale.
I cleared, enhanced, and dug soil in the back of the bed then planted next year's garlic. I planted 125 cloves. We'll see how many grow over the winter. I also spaced them more than last year and the soil is more moisture retentive with the additions I made on Saturday, with the hope of larger bulbs next summer.
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| about 1/3 of a pot of carrots |
And I dug a bunch more carrots. I still have a bunch more carrots to dig as we need them this month.
This is my largest onion this year. We don't live in onion-growing country, as you can see. It's about 2.5 inches across at the widest. But it is an improvement over last year's onion crop.
We enjoyed a few fall raspberries. They're about gone for the season. I'll eagerly await next summer's berries all winter long.
The blueberry bushes are in full autumn color. You know, I'm not sure what I value more, the edible berries or the beauty of the leaves when they turn.
I'm enjoying the autumn-colored marigolds that I grew from seeds this past spring. Those seeds came from plants I bought a couple of years ago. I save a few seeds every year to start the next year's.
What we didn't get to this weekend was digging potatoes. This coming Saturday is supposed to be a warm one. So that could be a good day to dig some potatoes.
What were you up to over the weekend? And do you have anything planned for the coming weekend. Eek! I just realized that the work week is nearly half over!
Enjoy the rest of your day and evening.
