Leaves are just starting to turn here (Michigan). Saw my doc yesterday and he has a hobby farm outside the city. this year he used Chicken Soup for the Soil on his garden and got spectacular results. His brother in law recommended it. I looked it up and will try it next year. I still have pepper plants - shishito and banana - producing and one tomato plant still viable.
Lower Midwest here with a small container garden. It’s time to clean out the basil plants. I have successfully propagated lemon verbena and lemon thyme inside. Going for peppermint today.
I didn’t start a fall spinach on time, so no fall spinach. Luckily the Swiss chard won’t stop.
At some point my lemon thyme and oregano choked off the tarragon. Needed to get a new one of those and maybe redo pot assignments in the Spring.
The pepper plants I put indoors seem happy and are growing. I think this will be my fall plant saga!
I subscribe to ‘Mary Jane’s Farm’ magazine and they’ve got two-page spreads (not cheap!) touting that, ‘Chicken Soup for the Soil’ fertilizer. Sounds interesting.
Leaves here are starting - the Maples more than anything, then the Oaks. My ‘hill’ isn’t as pretty as she will be, but I’m taking photos every few days to record the turning. Once all I can see are bare trees and the white trunks of the Poplars and Birch, it’ll be over. (Too soon!)
Beau is in far northern WI right now and last night he said there’s still a little color, but the leaves are mostly gone already. Been windy and rainy up there. He’ll be hunting bear in ‘your’ UP next week.
I have a late planting of beets coming up, still have kale, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and some tomatoes and peppers ripening. Cut my last few Glads, but still have some pretty Dahlia and Zinnia left. My greenhouse cherry tomatoes are rocking it! Still been too hot in the greenhouse on sunny days to start the salad greens, but in another week I will.
100% overcast today, but no rain predicted until late Sunday (after I mow, Please!) Spending the afternoon with my Mom and friends to celebrate her 83rd Birthday. An early supper at historic Quivey’s Grove: