Anyway, this is really for me to remember for next year. Well, considering no one really reads this but me, its all for me to remember. I usually plant around Easter, and I guess harvest should be around Halloween. Funny how it works out that way, why is the pagan calendar so accurate? Hmmm, I have no idea. ;)
Funny thing, the tomatoes and peppers are still flowering and setting fruit, but they are so stunted. I'm sure this probably changed all that. I'll check tonight.
On with the pics:
The Main Garden right before I pulled the carrots. Not as lush as it was since the sunflowers went to seed, but its still impressive for the first year I did this on this scale.
The sun has set for these sunflowers. They were tasty but small, but that sure didn't stop the birds. The Mason bees LOVED these guys, that's why they will be replanted and why I bought the mason bee nest. They went to seed around mid September.
The stunted tomatoes. I'll just plow these back under or compost the fruits. These plants were really tenacious.
The corn that wasn't. Sooo close. Well at least I got some actual ears, and I know what to do next year.
The empty potato bins. Worked very well, we'll see those again.
The disappointing Ye Olde Pumpkin Patch. Hmmm. Next year, its war with the Slug Sappers.
The Front Garden. I didn't expect anything here really, but the tomatoes actually grew. From the amount of clover that grew here I think it needed some nitrogen. As as a matter of fact the tomatoes started really working after I fertilized. There may still be issues with not enough sun, but at least I know something CAN grow there.
The rain barrels ready for the winter. I had a REAL problem with mosquitoes here even though the holes are all screened. I assume the larvae got in though the downspout. I have no idea how they got out, but they did.(maybe thru the outlet hose) The last barrel (the one on the left) was FULL of swimming larvae when I decided to dump the three to prevent an actual health hazard. I'm going to have to seal them all off from the environment next year, so that the only way in or out is through the main hole to the downspout which I have already double netted. Also, I need a pump to get some more pressure for them. I'm researching submergeable pumps, and power supplies for it. I may actually have to get those solar panels.
The mason bee apartment. No residents yet, but I assume that they all found other accommodations for the winter. I have so many in the yard, I'm sure I'll have some come spring.
The implement of destruction. The Black and Decker CMM1200. Yes, I know, no panels. Nice if I actually walked the walk huh? Its a great mower, takes small passes though, so I need to walk a little more. Not like I'm on my feet all day or anything.
The compost bin. Its insane, I just keep putting veg in and it drops into a black hole. I have yet to have it be full for more than a few days, and its been up since march. I have worms in it too, which must have hitch hiked in as eggs on garden waste. Works for me. They get upset when I tumble it, but for the most part they are warm and happy with PLENTY to eat.
In the bin. That's grass clippings not the worms, and I think those are apples that went bad. I may have to move the bin into the sun for the winter, but that bad boy is heavy. We'll see if I need to. A frozen mass of compost is no fun.
That's it on The Post-mortem. More on the future expanded garden soon. And maybe some more product reviews (since they are the most popular read on this blog) if the Littlest Giant and the Higher Mind of New England let me get some time.
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