The fall garden

It’s still PLENTY hot, so it’s hard to think about getting ready for the cooler months ahead, but now is your chance to get a big thank you from your future self for putting in a fall garden.

I pulled up almost all of my summer garden a few weeks ago so that I could prep the beds for my fall plants. I ordered 6 yards of planting mix from our local supplier. Mike got to work spreading it with the tractor–which saved SO MUCH TIME. I had purchased some broccoli plants last week and had started my lacinato kale a few weeks ago, along with baby bok choi. You can barely see the tiny kale plants that are planted here, but it won’t be long before they are growing like crazy.

After years of trial and error, I have learned that I shouldn’t try to grow cauliflower or brussels sprouts because they simply don’t do well for me and it’s such a disappointment every time. I will plant some more romaine lettuce in this bed. I’m also going to direct sow some arugula and radishes.

We put planting mix on the east and west sides of the shed. We’ll plant 6 rhubarb plants and 2 blueberry bushes on each side. The rhubarb is an experiment because apparently it doesn’t like our mild winters. I have read that it should be treated as an annual in our area. We’ll see how it goes.

The plants that I put in the stock tanks a couple weeks ago and doing really well.

I’ll update in a few weeks to let you know how things are doing.