The time has come. I will use this long weekend to plant my fall/winter garden. I bought 18 broccoli plants, 18 cabbage plants and 9 collards. I also started half a flat of squash, half a flat of cucumber and one last flat of black eyed peas (really, this is the end of the black eyed peas) As soon as they are available, I will get two bunches of onion sets. There will also be butternut squash, lettuce, sugar snap peas, garlic, parley and cilantro. Later there will be potatoes. If there is enough rain, there will be a lot of food.
I love to garden in the fall and winter. The weather is usually mild and there is more rain.
This summers garden was pretty pitiful after about the first of July. I always have such high hopes and I am usually disappointed because of the brutal Texas heat. Let all hope for a fruitful, pleasant fall and winter.
Have a great holiday everyone.
Letting the garden grow
12 hours ago
Good grief Deb, do you eat that much produce or do you share it? Or do you stagger the plantings? Our Winter vegies did squat. But you were so right about the coriander (cilantro), it's not a Summer crop at all. I have so much of the stuff I might have to dry it or freeze it or something.
ReplyDeleteWE had a terrible weather forcast for the long weekend and I thought "great, I can work in the yard!" Alas, it was not to be. The weather report has been upgraded to hot and clear. :(
ReplyDeleteI put in lots of different types of Loose Leaf Lettuce so far. I guess Fall & Winter would be the ideal planting time where you live. When we lived in TX my grandmother always tried having a veggie garden every summer with not much success. She was use to gardening in the North. ;)
ReplyDeleteSeasons you are having offer lot of excitement and expectation. We have only one season, hot and wet throughout the year.... Cheers, ~bangchik
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Debbi, how fabulous to be able to garden in the fall and winter and grow so many yummy things!!! I'm SO jealous!!! Foxy, chop that cilantro and freeze it in an ice-cube tray. Pack it in the "cubes," fill up with water, and then pop them out and store them in freezer bags. They'll be handy whenever you need to add them to a cooked dish. Dried cilantro just doesn't taste right!
ReplyDeleteOur tomatoes and cucumbers were lovely this year (okay, not MINE, but my in-laws who have a huge garden). The summer was nice and mild here.
ReplyDeleteYum--sounds like your fall garden if off to a great start. Hopefully we will get some good fall rains. I am sure ready for the cooler temps!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous garden you are going to have. I have pinned all my hopes on the Fall garden too, since having to rip out my tomatoes with the leaf footed bug infestation. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteTrish, yet they eat it all.
ReplyDeleteMy little family, I'm am ready for cooler weather too. Those little cabbages are really wilty.
Racquel, Lettuce will go in a soon as the weather cools off. I found a volunteer this morning.
BAngchik, We have hot but not too much wet.
OFB, I love to garden in the fall. Thanks for the cilantro advise. I dry it and freeze it.
Momo, at least you didn't try to take credit for their garden;)
Linda, The weather man said soon.
Diana, my tomatoes were a bust this year too. They burned up.
Not only are you not showing up on Blotanical, but the error message I get is pretty colorful--chartreuse. We're putting in our fall garden tomorrow, mostly leafy greens and radishes.
ReplyDeleteCurmudgeon, I did the feed check thingy. Apparently, this blog is not a feed but a website. Don't have a clue what is going on. At least the error message is pretty though, right?
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