Here we are, September already, and feeling a bit more like fall the past couple days. The months just fly by, don’t they?
We’re picking regularly from the garden, including beans, tomatoes, some peppers, a couple holdover broccoli plants, and lots of fresh herbs. The garlic has been up for a few weeks, the onions are ready to pull, and the corn is almost there – still unsure of the longevity of corn in the garden, due to the space it takes up vs. the relatively small output. I’m thinking maybe we’ll just do one variety for grinding in the future, and rely on local farm stands for our sweet corn.
Cukes, zukes, and most other squash are about kaput. Between cucumber beetles, slugs, and an early powdery mildew season (knew all that rain wasn’t all good), they just couldn’t handle it. The second planting of carrots also got pretty well decimated by slugs, so I won’t have much of a harvest there. Beans are growing like crazy, the eggplant is being smothered by the monster tomatillo, and the okra is just now tall enough that it’s peeking above the monster tomatillo, so now that it’s getting more sun, maybe we’ll finally get some more okra. Always an adventure, this gardening thing.
- Bean teepees are covered. Those things like to climb.
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