Garden Update - October 2008

Hopefully the next few months will be better blogging months than this one. I even almost forgot to do a garden update.

The weatherman on the radio said that cold temperatures this past week would bring the end of the growing season. One of my co-workers (who knows that we garden) also remarked that it was the end of the growing season. Not so. For us, the growing season is year-round.

We woke up this morning to find this little ice spike. The temperature has been fairly cold (for Georgia) this week. Perhaps other days had the potential for ice formation, but this is the only day that I noticed.



What you see here is mostly cabbage. Broccoli occupies the top right, more Chinese radish in the top left, brussel sprouts on the bottom row, and spinach and carrots occupy the bottom right quadrant. Those who enlarge the picture will see that we have some garlic coming up! And if your eyes are well-trained, you might see some onion sprouts too (mostly potato onions). I am very excited about growing onions, as we use onions quite frequently. We also have green onions growing in a window box, to the left of the raised bed.



The first raised bed that we made. Note to selves for next year: radish and turnips SHADE things like crazy. A number of our carrot and spinach plots in this box totally failed because the foliage blocked sunlight. We planted two plots of napa cabbage (used for kimchi), but it doesn't look like we'll be having any homegrown kimchi this year. We also planted onions and garlic in this box, in the failed squares.



This is what happens when the pup runs gleefully around the yard while it's still dew-y. If she were smart enough, she'd figure out that dirt socks lead to baths.


I know that all people think their own dog is the cutest, but for us, this is actually true.. ;)