After spending an insane amount of time this week clearing out spring grown crops, and prepping beds for autumn planting, it’s strange to see how barren the garden has gotten. There have been decisions made to keep or pull certain plants, there is constant note taking on varieties, and decisions to make about next year

Some of our decisions this week:

Celery – Yes, it’s so amazing and smells delightful. It’s gorgeous and not too difficult to grow. It is susceptible to the weeds though, and will need to be grown in weed barrier.

Alcosa Cabbage- An excellent savoy variety that matures quickly and stays small. It doesn’t need as much space, and we can grow more of it. Not as susceptible to the pests. I like this one.

Turnips- Need to be grown in the raised beds

Raised beds – Need more of them

Basil – Spacing we gave them was a little excessive, can plant closer together!

Broccoli – Not growing Romanesco again…. It doesn’t grow as well here. We will also plant it a little earlier.

Weeds – We will be covering most pathways and all the in ground beds with landscape fabric/weed barrier. There will be some areas that won’t have it, for things that get planted very close. The main pathway will also not have landscape fabric.

Corn – Actually worth the effort maybe. I got to taste our first ears this week and they were delicious!

One of the small gardens, where we have had issues with things growing will get cover cropped for the winter, and next spring will be a small garden space for my kids, and probably a small stand of corn and beans. William would really like to grow “A pumpkin, OH AND A watermelon!” So I think a 3-sisters attempt over there might be perfect!

I wrote up some notes and a couple papers while it was hot, and finished book 3. I’ll write that paper next week, along with my Summer Eval.

While things are looking like they’re winding down, we still have tomatoes ripening, peppers growing, and summer squash FINALLY taking over! I harvested all the onion bulbs, and they are sitting out drying. We processed cabbage, and some carrots and beets. I’ve got all the planting to do next week, too! Maybe I’ll need to take the week off work…. It’s going to definitely be another hugely busy week.

Planting, eval, report on the meat bird progress, report on the compost heater progress, and a report on one of the books, all on top of getting plants in! See you Friday.