Lest we get a cramp, we have begun the garden cooldown.
Honestly I’m glad to have less garden work for a while. I spent hours disassembling, emptying, cleaning, and stowing garden containers and structures last weekend.
I have a few root veg that I’m continuing to grow in my little low tunnel, mostly to protect them from snow and stuff. I think they’re fine with the cold temps.
I started writing this update a few days ago, and already, with a few cold nights, so much has changed!
The major development is the construction of my mini warm house for radishes, carrots, beets, and spinach that are still growing. They should be fine without it for a bit longer, but I’m using this as a learning experience. I already learned that plastic trash bags are unwieldy and shower curtains are the way to go. My neighbor also has a pole along the bottom seam on both sides which is a pro move to hold the ends down evenly.
For the frame I ordered a small segmented kit on Amazon to try things out before investing a bunch of money (and storage space!) on a bigger structure. I still have pieces left, I may add more cross pieces to make it stronger. The great thing about this is I can take it apart and store it in essentially a shoebox when I’m not using it. Storage space for all of my garden gear is becoming an issue since I don’t have a garage.
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!
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
It has been cool and rainy which is great news for the leafies and rooties, but the season for fruities is wrapping up.
ROAD TRIP 