What have you done today in the Garden?

Yeah, unfortunately the garden is pretty much done. carrot, beets and potatoes are still out there, but they are for us anyway. The tomatoes have gotten too cold in the high tunnels this past week and look pretty bad. I haven't been out there to look at them so I don't really know for sure. I should just pick them if they are good and cook them into juice and be done with them today since monday is ruled out to do anything but be at the hospital with my MIL for the day.

 

Carolyn, you have my sincere sympathy. Your sister, father- and mother-in-law all have someone to rely on and who will give them the best of care. You are bearing quite a burden.
You are a very good person, and strong--admirable!

 

Thanks. Jane... I am just doing what needs to be done, but there sure is a lot of it.

 

Popped out to the lottie today for the Snertfeest that marks the end of the season on our complex. It was great seeing all the folks again.

Harvested some Swiss chard.


Also...I wanted to show the Limnanthes border over at the blueberry "orchard". I especially wanted to show Donna. I have been wondering how hers are doing. Those crazy plants are beginning to bloom now!!


Otherwise it was more wind and rain today. I had to bike out to the Snertfeest and back home in the rain...wet and cold--BAH! It got down to 4°C.

 

We quickly blew, raked, and threw all of the leaves over the garden as the first snow started to fall.

 

I popped out to the lottie for a lil looksy and discovered that the rodents had dug - up tulip bulbs in two places. Well, it may have been rainy but that was the last straw--I immediately dug out the excess chicken wire bits and covered the part of the blueberry patch where I planted them. I sort of used the technique that Jerry once showed.

I lost over 200 bulbs to the rodents last year and am determined to not give up without a fight this year, as i have planted another 200 bulbs of my "bee tulips".

We shall see how this works. wish me luck.

 

Carolyn--I sure hope you can catch a break, (and your relatives too!) from all these medical issues. I hope you sister's arm mends & your Fa-in-law's knee replacement works.

Sjoerd--I am enjoying your bike rides out to your lottie, (well, not the ones in the rain), and your pix of it too! Good luck with your rodent wars. We are on your side. Is Snertfeest just something done in gardens or is it a national celebration?

Toni--what is a hellstrip? Sounds like it is touch gardening. Good luck with your wildflower plans in that area.

My community garden plot is pretty much put to bed now. I still have kale to harvest but the family is now so sick of kale and the freezer is so full, I will just have to pull it. Besides, it has gotten infected with 2 kinds of caterpillars so I won't put it in the compost heap. Into the garbage it goes. I have a cover crop planted on most of the garden & when I was out last, I discovered I have 1" high seedling lettuces growing! I'll see how big they get before the first snow fall.

At home, I am still raking raking raking. I do a 30X30 area at a time & then my arms give out. Compost bins are looking good though: leaf mold will be great in the spring.

For Thanksgiving dinner last night, we cooked a goose (first time) and made 2 kinds of homemade ravioli: squash & artichoke. Delicious!!

 

Hiya Cayuga--The Snertfeest is just something that our gardening club does every year on our Allotment Complex. The time of year that folks eat snert is from late fall until the following spring.
The Snertfeest is just a social occasion to encourage the members to get together.

 

Toni---I can see it. That area has great potential. I like your idea of planting it. (I also liked your guerilla gardening threats to the driver of the bobcat!!)

 

Toni that's a really big lawn ornament. I like your idea of vines and such growing around it.

One garden down and lots more to do. Emptied the composters and use up the rest of the horse manure and added mulched leaves. Had enough to add to all my garden.

 

Today we were out in the front gardens...in the snow ....putting up the outdoor Christmas decorations. It's suppose to snow for the next couple of days, though not a lot but it's going to be in the singe digits most of the week.