November status

Finished cutting off dahlia stalks on Friday.  They'd been nipped by frost, but not killed.  Compost bin is full.  Something is still burrowing under the bin, despite the hardware wire I put in the bottom.

The fall seedlings are doing well.  The winter cover mustard under the one end of the tomatoes is about 8 inches high, the rest of the seedings aren't showing much.  Put clover on the compost I put in bed 2, it's sprouted but not growing. --too late probably.

Lisa's relabeled the dahlias, will try to get the tubers tomorrow.

Cleanup and October Update

The fall greens have gotten past their bug problems.  Today took down the tomato netting and dug up the glads.  I think they did pretty well filling more of the pan than last year's.

I've cleaned the compost bin and dumped in bed 2, sowing seeds on top the the compost, which seem to have germinated.  Digging the glads destroyed whatever clover had been sowed, there's some mustard at the end of bed 2.

We had 5 inches of rain when we came back from Rhinebeck, and the dahlias were bent over.
Still holes under the compost bin.

Fall Crops

Lisa set out her fall seedlings over the last 5 days or so. Problems with cabbage worms. Dug up the glads in south quarter plot and it's all planted now, plus the west end of quarter plot north.  Tomato vines look ugly, but still some leaves and green tomatoes.  Dahlias are doing well.  She cut the asters, which had been beaten down by the storms.  The leeks are doing the best ever.  Peppers did nothing.  I want to leapfrog them ahead of the tomatoes next year.  Eggplants did well.  Italian squash has about 3 left on it, some nibbled by voles?

Want to hardware screen in bottom of compost bin to keep out animals--I'm sure there's something tunneling in it.

Tropical Storm Lee

Gave us at least 6" rain during the middle of the week. 

Sept 5

Supposed to have a bunch of rain coming.  Got 3 yellow glads (last 10 or so blooms have all been yellow)

Sept 2 Update

Had several yellow glad 3-4 days ago, probably the last of the year.  The dahlias are coming in, even Juanita according to Lisa. During the week I sowed mustard under the west third of bed 2 under the tomatoes and basil. Also crimson clover among the glads in north quarter plot.  Lisa's gotten one yellow summer squash and a fat zucchini.  The Italian zucchini is prolife: Lisa did soup with one, very good, and may do bread this weekend.  All but one of the sunflowers are down.  Continue to get good eggplants from the plants.

Have about 10 ripe tomatoes on the counter, been eating one most days for lunch. 

Worked a little on the landscape blocks--rain seems to come off the roof next to the azalea.

August 23 Update

Lisa is planting lettuce (planted some brassicas a couple weeks ago). Below Prince has some nice romaine seedlings under their sunflowers which may have gone in the end of July.

The tomatoes are still yielding, though the 2" of rain last Thursday or Friday seems to have reinvigorated the early blight.

The peppers are doing absolutely nothing--trying to research what's wrong--looks like planting after tomatoes is part of the problem but a number of different possibilities for cause.  Need to deep dig beds.

Trying to figure out how to plant some winter cover while we still have summer and fall crops and while doing some fall tillage.

The Italian zucchini has gone to town--Lisa has 2 big ones here and two more on the plant.  The asters are starting to bloom.