I wish I could have fresh cukes till Christmas. We have trouble growing cukes and melons etc. all the time here during the normal season-no way we could grow them off season, I’m afraid.
We are fast approaching our first frost date-Oct. 15. After that, is when we will plant the winter wheat. Gotta let the frost kill that Hessian Fly.
I finished digging my potatoes. My small patch - a little less than 12 sq feet-did well. I planted 1 lb of butte russet, and I got a little over 7 lbs. Not much effort and good return. This was my first year for potatoes.
I will be planting some more of these next year. I have several egg sized that I’ll put back for seed potatoes to use next year. Will also expand the amount planted. Gonna have to get another bed set up or else cut back on the tomato space.
I tried the 5 gallon bucket method to grow potatoes, but no luck. Most of the taters were about quarter sized. We used to have rows of potatoes on the farm. One 200 foot of terrace with about six or seven rows three feet apart produced a lot of taters. I saved some onion seed this year and just tossed them into dirt. I think every seed has come up.