Garden – Page 4 – ROAD TRIP

Things are winding down even more this month, but a few things are still going. I’m mostly waiting on winter squash, leeks, remaining beets and carrots, Lima beans, and parsnips! The parsnips are getting big but I’ve read that they get better after the first frost, so I’m not touching them.

Carrots

Carrot haul from the last few weeks of september

I’ve pulled up some carrots in the last month. These are a rainbow mix I direct sowed May 1. By coincidence mostly yellow ones are ready to be picked. So far they’re been mostly big and straight. I noticed a lot of ants around them, and a lot of little gray bugs around the tops that look like some kind of aphids. Regardless of the bug population they seem healthy root to leaf.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are still going strong! Slowing down a bit because temps are getting cooler at night, but I still get a few every time I visit the garden. Still having trouble with fruit splitting, but less since it has rained less and I’ve gone to water less often.

I tried drying tomatoes. It took at least 24 hours in the oven and they ended up bitter. Maybe I need to cut out the stem / core before I dry them. We’ll try again. At least the house smelled like roasted tomatoes for a few days.

Squash and cucumbers

Zuchini took a big nose dive and didn’t really recover from high heat and powdery mildew. Recently got some weird shaped romanesco squash. Gonna go ahead and say zuchini season is probably over.

Winter squash (butternut and honeynut) are still doing ok I don’t expect a large yield this year. I have hopes of getting one of each. Next year I need to start them earlier.