Everything has been brought in that could fit. Green tomatoes washed, and ready to wrap up to get ripe. Lettuce and greens under row covers. Garlic is left to fend for itself - should be ok.
Rye and hairy vetch is about 4 inches high, and looks like spring. Have been busy getting ready for Thanksgiving. Will be putting on a crockpot tonight to cook a pork roast.
Hope everyone is doing well. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
I don’t grow a lot in the way of vegetables, just a few tomato plants and herbs this year. It’s mostly because I have very few full sun locations in my yard. However, I do adore flowers of every kind, and spend most of my spring and summer tending those. We had our first freeze last week, so I brought in my healthiest annuals to attempt overwintering. It’s pretty much an experiment for me to see how many things can survive until next May. If anyone has advice for me, I’m all ears. I don’t know how much to water or how many hours of sunlight to try. I’ve got a sunroom that I’m using for some of these, but the rest are in the basement that has some natural light. I’m considering putting in grow light bulbs, but have no idea of how long to leave them on. Suggestions?
Greenhouse electrical wiring has been repaired from the chipmunk damage the citrus trees, pineapples plants and container tomatoes have been moved in for their overwintering. Tomorrow I must begin covering 3000 strawberry plants and a few tomato plants as that cold front moves closer to us, I hope to keep the tomatoes going a bit longer. My wife and I are longing for the rainy/snowy winter days when we can lay around and watch old movies all day.
We’re basking in the glow of a Donald Trump win and the melt down of most of the press so we haven’t done much cleanup in the garden. I hope our grandson can empty the 50 flower pots on the deck this weekend. Lady Bender will do a traditional Thanksgiving early dinner Thursday.
I spent the afternoon harvesting lamb’s quarter seeds (pick the seeds, roast the seeds, hull the seeds, winnow the seeds, accidentally blow a metric buttload of chaff onto the dog) and am trying to decide if I should dig up compost or just break down and buy some. Big garden, small compost pile, Too Much To Do.
The past few days have been extremely windy, with temps bouncing all over the place, here in Central Missouri.
Mrs. Augie picked a bushel of Blue Lake green beans yesterday. We’ll make a big pot of them for Thanksgiving dinner and can whatever is left.
I have one strip of weed mat left to pull up in the tomato patch. I’m going to get that done after I get in from deer hunting in the morning. Then it will be time to spread some fertilizer and lime, and run over it with the moldboard plow.