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Hearing Sunday -- The Cranberries
September Garden
So this is what a garden looks like after you've taken nearly everything you want from it, but you haven't yet plowed it under for the winter. The corn has been cut down, the lettuce has gone to seed, and the only things left to harvest are the squash, which you can see as yellow blobs in the picture. Just out of frame there are the blackberries, which are still going strong -- want some blackberries? We got lots -- but mostly the garden is ready for its winter rest.
And more than that. We're likely to leave this garden plot fallow next year, to give it a break and also because the line of trees to the east of this plot keeps the garden in shadow a little too long. We'll probably relocate the garden somewhere a bit sunnier for next year; with five acres of lawn, we've got lots of choices.
How is your garden finishing up the year? What are your garden plans for next year?
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cripes, my mums are already dead. fried, actually.
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The weather here in Wisconsin hasn't been ideal for farmering, especially the tomatoes (my landlord's tomatoes are still green). Hopefully they still will have a good harvest, though the weather I love so much isn't good for growing food. Oh well, maybe next year.
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We had a somewhat disasterous year, gardenwise.
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randalprysock - i'm wondering the same thing, why IS florida inhabited by humans? seems like a very bad idea to me.
anyway, my garden - we're up to our asses in tomatoes, mostly cherry and grape little guys. very delicious, but there's a limit to how many two people can eat in any one day. no limit to how many can be produced. a lot of the plants were volunteers, because of using compost in my soil. next year i'll be ruthless at pulling up volunteers. cantelopes are over, they were great. herbs are flourishing, except for basil, and what's left there is over. flowers too are flourishing. lettuce is bolted, but i'm still finding some usable leaves. mainly the weeds are thriving - no time to keep them under control. next year - well, who knows. we plan to move next summer, so i don't know how much gardening i'll do. early spring stuff i guess. herbs and flowers will be back on their own. i'll try to keep things looking a little more kempt, to entice potential buyers. it's a jungle out there right now.
9/12/04 12:53 AM
THIS ALSO HELPS KEEP "BAD GUYS" OUT. I PUT A CACTUS INTO THE NICE LANDSCAPED BUSH/IVY AND, WAA-LAA NO BURGULARS!!! "THEY JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY GONNA GET"
I FIND THAT TO KEEP GREEN LAWNS, YOU NEED TO SOAK DEEP,SPRINKLE EVERY
OTHER DAY. IVY- WELL, IT NEVER STOPS, SO DON'T PLANT IT. BAMBOO-NEVER CAN GET RID OF,THOUGH ITS PRETTY, BUT THE SEED OF BAMBOO HAS NO ENDING,( I HAVE CONSIDERD PUTTING ONE SEED INTO MY "SAVE FOR THE FUTURE" ASSIGNMENT), YOU EVER THOUGHT HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN YOUR GARDENS? YIKES!