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The inherent defiance of fall gardening
Aug. 25th, 2010 10:14 pmI dragged myself out to my garden this evening and got some work done. It should not have been as hard as it was to get out there, but I was under the torpor-inducing influences of not enough sleep the past two nights and lunch at The Oven, my favorite Indian restaurant. Pakoras and lamb curry--NOM NOM NOM.
I respaded a 5' by 4' section and planted vegetable seeds. A pole of the golden snow peas I liked so much this spring, some black Spanish radishes (new to me, another of this year's experiments), spinach and mustard greens.
Meanwhile, I should have a nice tomato harvest in September. The two vines I planted in April have been giving me a steady trickle of tomatoes this past month. The main season ones, which got planted late (due to a potent combination of writing deadlines and constant rain) haven't yielded much, but some of them are simply weighed down with green tomatoes. Tomorrow I must get out and do some tying.
I don't remember what the first frost date is in this part of Nebraska. My personal frost date is usually a little later; cities generate their own heat and my garden is sheltered by houses and trees. Will all of my tomatoes ripen? Will I get that second crop of peas and spinach? I water my seeds in and wait.
I respaded a 5' by 4' section and planted vegetable seeds. A pole of the golden snow peas I liked so much this spring, some black Spanish radishes (new to me, another of this year's experiments), spinach and mustard greens.
Meanwhile, I should have a nice tomato harvest in September. The two vines I planted in April have been giving me a steady trickle of tomatoes this past month. The main season ones, which got planted late (due to a potent combination of writing deadlines and constant rain) haven't yielded much, but some of them are simply weighed down with green tomatoes. Tomorrow I must get out and do some tying.
I don't remember what the first frost date is in this part of Nebraska. My personal frost date is usually a little later; cities generate their own heat and my garden is sheltered by houses and trees. Will all of my tomatoes ripen? Will I get that second crop of peas and spinach? I water my seeds in and wait.
