Weekly garden digest 10/16

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Harvest

I didn’t do great with documenting my harvest this week, but things are definitely slowing down. Most exciting new harvest- I pulled out one watermelon radish because they’re starting to look big. Not sure they’re all ready but so pretty!

First watermelon radish
Watermelon radish!!
Final biquinho peppers
4 whole beans!
Silver slicers, maybe final. Lots on the vines still but it’s getting cold.
Final tomatoes

Retirements

Cornstalk
Cool corn roots
Swiss chard that never did much above ground, lots of action underground though.
The absence of tomatoes
Tomatoes to compost
Zinnias are out
Peppers are out
Winter squash are out

Developments

Things are getting chilly so I removed many summer plants, and have deployed frost cloth to others. Just waiting to see who survives now.

Covered: zucchini, costata romanesco, cucumbers, baby beets

Uncovered: marigolds, beans, cosmos, calendula, radish, beets, carrots, chives, chard, nasturtium, sugar snap peas

Radishes and beets
Leaf miner eggs return to Swiss chard 😦
Hello moth
Costata romanesco still going?
Swiss chard crushing it. Still.
Lots of baby silver slicer cucumbers.
Overview
Plot getting emptier
Many Trellis ties from retired plants
Blankies
Blankies
Garlic chive seeds saved
Snow peas slowly growing

2 thoughts on “Weekly garden digest 10/16”

  1. Your plants still look pretty vibrant. Your calendar of temps looks pretty goii oh d, ours had been in 40’s with freezing rain/snow for the Monday AM commute. 😫way too early, still have lots of pretty colors on the trees.
    I’m having my old raised bed removed, just full of crab grass, boards are rotted. I want to save my asparagus, been reading on the process.
    Thanks for sharing. Sharon

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    1. If you figure out a good asparagus transplant method let me know. I might be switching plots and want to take mine with me!
      Condolences about freezing rain in the forecast. The only good thing about freezing rain is a “snow day” from school.

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