Updates
Tomatoes
A week after last harvest + using every tomato we had on sandwiches and a pot of tomato soup, I assumed we’d probably start winding down/getting less frequent harvests. But uh, this was todays:
The veritable jungle of tomato plants (two roma + one prolific cherry):
Also pictured: Basil plants choking out my peppers.
The cherry tomato plants starts here and then manages to extend across the whole damn bed. Next year I will get a taller trellis to handle this lol, it’s impossible to weed this bed now:
Jalapenos
The jalapenos are also happy and producing away, we just used several for some indian dishes we made recently:
Cucumbers
I initially had two cucumber plants that were both producing quite a bit; one finally bit the dust and has been removed to make way for new plantings. But the other is still holding on:
(Also I saw a hummingbird pollinating this the other day and it was amazing)
New For Fall Season
Peas
I seeded some peas in the bed next to the tomatoes after we harvested our potatoes. I re-used the potato dirt to do so; if the internet hasn’t lied to me, the peas should restore nutrients into the soil even if we don’t get a harvest. I’ve never grown peas before so this will be an experiment. These are a shorter bush variety which the package claimed ‘don’t need to be staked’, but we’ll see:
Spinach and Lettuce greens
Spinach starts!
Also chaotically sowed spinach and lettuce starts that I will have to thin sooner than later ohnonono whatwasIthinking:
Prep for the eventual spinach and lettuce pots that should have a lot more room to grow. I’m planning on adding a layer of wood mulch on top of the cardboard to keep the grass down/make it easier to mow around:
New Bed Prep:
Also happening Soon! We’re starting prep for larger beds for next year’s season. I am slowly moving wood chips and cardboard sheet mulch to this section of the yard to smother the grass. We’ll be building concrete block beds on top. One tiny step completed, much more to go. I will try and post some inspiration pics and sketches shortly.
