sorry about that gap, folks: even this picture, the last of the moonflowers, is two weeks old - the little frost or two we've had has taken it's toll on most things
BUT NOT ALL THINGS!..the past two fall gardens have not shaped up very well - as usual, a good start, but the weather just did not cooperate, and we didn't manage to get everything in at the same time. Things are definitely looking better this time around. A little survey of the garden this week:
first, we have your broccoli: two rows, coming along nicely.
Then we have your very cute little lettuces of this and that type...
and your various other fall vegetables...carrots (no pictures yet) and beets (came up well, no pictures yet, but soon, soon)...but of course green onions
...and adorable pak choi
and the ultimate in fall planting....if one is ambitious and can look ahead six months....
500...count em' ! 500 strawberry plants YEA!!!!! now THAT was an accomplishment. Many thanks to Buffy, of course who, once again, helped make all of this happen. I am here to tell you that three sets of hands is more than 2+1.And there are the fabulous surprises...we visit the burn pile, where we throw heaps of old plants when they are 'over with', and you never know what will happen. This season, we have bigger, earlier pak choi, and a very nice bed of cilantro!
that's about it for this evening. In the past week, we've had a tour bus full of people from Southern University here at the farm, then a visit from other interested folks, including a representative from Americorps (working in New Orleans). It's great that so many different people want to connect with local farming efforts.Wish us good fall garden weather. It looks like we'll have better luck this time around.