Well, I could be harvesting lettuce now if I had gotten it in at the end of Aug. or beginning of Sept. But, that would be the last hurrah around here. It’s getting colder and rainier by the day. We’ve had 2 light frosts already and a lot of rain. I saw “flurries” two weeks ago on a Sat., but no real snow in sight yet. It’s only a matter of time, however.
one tip from your cardboard earlier I stapled that weed cloth one puts under mulch to the bottom of my boxes it keeps the weeds out and the soil in but lets water go through. I still dug the grass out of the area for the boxes and recessed them a couple of inches into the ground to help keep the corners from opening. I used 2X8 to make my boxes and old aluminum blinds for the strips. Mel thinks highly of strips.
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