Put up the bean seeds, spaded the compost into the garden. Tomorrow is for planting the winter crops: Peas, carrots, purple top turnips and kohlrabi.
The peas won’t produce until next spring, but they will have a GREAT start, providing we don’t have too cold a winter. If it goes below 20* F, I might have a problem, otherwise Woo-Hoo!
I have had some luck with lettuce, carrots, etc. in the winter by covering with a row cover, and then straw. We often have mild days during the winter, so then I would roll up the row cover straw and all, and let the full sunshine in.
I’m likely going to just plant winter rye, vetch and/or clover cover crop this year.
Pickles are done. Broccoli and leeks doing fine. Tomatoes and string beans winding down. Big surprise - I have a volunteer pumpkin vine from last 2 years. No attention, no watering and I found a new fruit the size of a honeydew - yellow with green stripes. Doesn’t look ripe enough to pick. Last 2 years, only got small (size of a baseball) pumpkins.
Weather has been cool this week - in the 70s, but still no rain.