Comments on: Fall Plantings

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:51:34 +0000

Gardening here in Houston is a challenge (like everywhere) and we are just now getting out of 90+ degree weather during the day. . I went ahead and put broccoli and cabbage seedlings in the ground yesterday and woke up to a temp of 60 degrees! Whoopee! Maybe autumn is really here after all! High today will only be 85! My patio tomato is feeling alive again, but my garden tomatoes finally went into the compost. . I’m getting bell peppers again, so I left them alone — they’re almost 5′ tall!

Still reading through your archives!

By: Fresh Year New Vote

Fresh Year New Vote — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:53:07 +0000

[...] thought I was so smart planning my fall and winter garden so that it would feed us straight through to March but I didn’t get things planted by the [...]

By: admin

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:45:12 +0000

Hi Sara – my canning frenzy will be going on for a few more weeks as I just brought home a box of peaches and a box of apples from the market plus have two big bowels of tomatoes waiting upstairs. And of course the rat is good fodder – I pulled some radishes today while clearing out a bed then stepped inside the answer the phone, looked out the window and saw Ratbert had already helped himself to one. He was quite large and bold, just waiting for me to step away from my pile of tasty things.

KitsapFG – can’t believe you are already HARVESTING fall crops! I have yet to put my dang collard greens in the ground. Tomorrow morning, I swear…

By: kitsapFG

kitsapFG — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:25:14 +0000

Ummm… the rat innard thing is a puzzler but the “in by July 30th” is actually good advice! LOL!

I have been migrating the garden to fall production for over a month now and I noticed this evening that several of the fall kohlrabi is already ready for harvesting! I am still up to my eye balls in the peak summer produce – so I will let them get just a mite bigger before I harvest. It did feel like fall today though.

By: Sara Ohlin

Sara Ohlin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:23:28 +0000

Oh, I’ve been loving your blog this week. I’m exhausted just reading your canning frenzy and shedding a few tears for you over the Cherokee Purple rat thief. As Lily would say, Grrrrrrr! I also hadn’t thought of the grease trap in the grill, thank you! I’m also way behind in fall planting, but I did manage to get some arugula and beans in the beds. Hopefully this weekend I’ll get some more kale, lettuce and carrots in. Oh, and I did plant some cauliflower starts from the co-op, half of which didn’t make it. As for the other half, they’re growing, I think.