It's not exactly been a great fall crop but things are coming along slowly and if we don't have a hard frost, I'll have a nice early spring crop. This should ensure lots of veggies before the heat kills everything by July/August.
I didn't get the spinach crop I wanted. Only 3 bunches out of a whole packet. Lettuce did great. Old Big Boy Tomato seeds pulled through nicely. They are a foot tall. I have plenty of misplaced cherry tomato seedlings that will be transplanted to the right spot next week. The onion bed is coming along nicely for this time of year. I should have a full year's worth of pickings when they mature. Okra seedling are approx 15" and I'll have to do some thinning at some point, maybe transplanting too. I have some empty space in the hot pepper bed that I don't want put more peppers into. I had more than my fill of hot peppers this year and had to waste many. I couldn't give 'em away. Cucumbers & beans are beginning to produce fruit but the stalks seem so weak. I will probably plant more reinforcements come January. The cucumbers are throwing only male blooms but as soon as I have my first female bloom, I'm ready to do my own pollinating. I haven't seen any bees around. My sweet peppers are few & far between. The fruit develops small sizes, quits and falls off. I'm assuming this is either lack of fertilizer or par for winter. I'll have to put out more seeds come January.
Ok, enough talk. Here are the pictures.
This one, I really can't decide if it is Cilantro or Parsley. I did put Cilantro seeds here but it looks very close to Parsley, right? What do you think?
We're in the midst of our dry season so I am having to water everything myself. Today.... I'm hopeful for rain. Gardens always seem to do better when God pours the rain, not me.
1 comment:
My husband and I read this post and we say, "It's not fair if you can have fresh veggies in winter time!"
Smile.
We are amazed at the timing of your garden. Enjoy!!
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