The fall garden is still producing lots of good home grown produce. The garden experienced its first frost and freeze on October 17th, which, in my opinion, is about the normal date for Central Indiana. The temperatures dropped below freezing for several hours, but no major damage was observed in the garden, with the exception of the bush green beans, which were not covered. That was okay, because I had harvested all the beans from the plants prior to that. I did cover all of the cole crops with row covers prior to the frost/freeze, and they did just fine. I also covered the lettuce and carrots with plastic covered hoops. There were several more frosty mornings that followed the first one, so I kept them all covered until it warmed up again. I harvested the first kohlrabi on October 23rd, with many more to come. I will be harvesting the first of the cabbage very soon. The peppers made it through the cold, and I have recently harvested what I think is the last of them as the plants have just about stopped growing. Harvest continues on the broccoli, with just a few more heads to harvest, although there are many side shoots starting to grow. The cauliflower heads are just starting to get some size, but they are not quite ready to harvest as of yet. Harvest has slowed considerably on the late planted lettuce, but I was able to harvest enough for a small bag. The brussels spouts continue to get bigger, but harvest on them won’t start up for another few weeks. The weather continues to be very dry, so I had to water a few of the plots with still actively growing plants in them. Over the past week I have removed my bush and pole green beans. Over the next week, I will be removing most of the remaining pepper and tomato plants.

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