The Fall Garden

Sorry I have been away for so long. Life just gets in the way of blogging :-)

So here we are in September. I can't believe how fast this year is going. I wasn't sure if I was going to do a Fall garden but then I came to my senses. Of course I'm doing a Fall garden!

I don't get much sun in my yard this time of year. The sun hits the front half of the beds about 11:30 and will then hide behind a tree around 2:00 until 2:45. Then sun the rest of the day. So what does one grow with so little sun? You'll see....



Photos below: Garden View





Photos Below: Bed 1 the tomatoes are just about ready to come out. The cherry tomatoes did much better than I thought they would. I'll try this method again next year...





...though I will need to pull out the snail vine that is growing on the fence. It is trying to take over the space.



Photos Below: Bed 2



The English cucumbers were slow to get started. I only picked three before these.



The baby cucumber on ther other hand grew like crazy. I will definitely grow these again. These two grew toghether.



Photos below: Bed 3



I planted 6 broccoli in the front of the bed where they will get the most sun for now.
I still have some basil growing in rows 2 and 3.



I also planted carrots and red and gold chard.



Snap peas in the back two rows and scallions in front of the peas in the same row.



Photos below: Bed 4



Bed 4 is full of lettuce and spinach.





With some volunteer garlic... I think... could be an onion in there too.



Photo below: Spinach



The only pest problem I'm having right now is squirrels and moles. The mole(s) have found their way into the bed 3 and 4 even though we lined them with chicken wire. The squirrels are planting peanuts for me.



Photo Below: The spaghetti squash is ready for picking. They should bring me up and over the 100 pound mark for this years harvet. Not bad for my first year.



Photo Below: Fall raspberries. They are so much sweeter than the spring raspberries.



Photo Below: Pumpkin on a stick is ready to pick. I will cut the stems at ground level and pull all the leaves off and place them in a vase. They will look nice on the fireplace.

Photo Below: Still getting some strawberries.



Photo Below: The strawberry bed is doing well. I placed some of the runners in small containers to root.



Photo Below: I planted some more pole beans in this little area late in the summer. I'll get a handful of beans before it starts geting too cold.



Photo Below: I have lots of spiders decorating my backyard for Halloween. This guy being the biggest one we have seen so far.

Photos Below: Random photos...














I will try not to stay away so long this time.

Happy Fall Gardening!