Category Archives: Fall Gardening

Early Summer Garden Update

Sorry for the delay in posting a garden update. Wow, has time really flown by. The weather has been like a roller coaster ride. May was too cold and wet followed by a hot and dessert dry June. My garden did received some much needed rain over the last week. Despite the crazy weather, the garden continues to grow and produce.

The early summer garden is growing really well. I started harvesting broccoli on June 14th and now all of the main heads have been harvested. I just started harvesting broccoli side shoots within the last few days. The broccoli harvest has been decent, but not great this year. I have also started harvesting kohlrabi within the last week or so. Some of the kohlrabi have been really big. I have been harvesting peas over the last 2 weeks. The pea harvest has been really good this year (not sure why, I have not done anything different than in past years?). I will finish up my lettuce harvest really soon as it is getting pretty hot now. The onions tops have started to fall over, so I will be pulling those up soon and letting them dry out in the garden for a few days.

My pepper plants have really started to take off. I have even harvested a few hot banana peppers yesterday. The tomato plants have also started to look better after the wet and cold May. The cucumbers have just started to flower, so it won’t be long before cucumbers start forming. The potato vines are growing like crazy and have just started to yellow a little. Harvest should begin on these (Red Norland) in about 2 more weeks. The corn (Silver Queen) is growing really well and has just started to tassel.

I will be starting my fall seeds within the next few days. I will be starting broccoli, kohlrabi, cabbage, and lettuce in little cell six packs. I will have them growing outside on the covered back porch. The seedlings should be ready to transplant out into the garden by the first week of August.

Broccoli, Picture Taken 6-19-20
Harvested Kohlrabi, Picture Taken 6-26-20
Corn Getting Tall, Picture Taken 6-29-20

Happy Spring – I am Back to Blogging

Happy Spring!! I am back to blogging about my garden after over a year hiatus. Wow, things are really crazy in the world today. Nothing like getting back into the garden to take your mind off of things, at least for a little while. I have been busy in the garden over the past few weeks. I planted 189 onion transplants out into the garden on March 25th. About a week they were side dressed with some good organic fertilizer. They are currently doing well and starting to grow new leaves now. My top setting onions that were planted out into the garden last fall are really greening up and are about 3 to 4 inches tall, so it wont be long before I starting harvesting green onions. Red Norland seed potatoes were planted out into the 2 raised beds and 4 fabric bags about 1 week ago. I have been harvesting Sierra lettuce for about the last month that self seeded last fall and overwintered under a plastic covered hoop. It overwinter remarkably well this year. I have started all of my lettuce, broccoli, kohlrabi, and pepper seeds indoors and they are all in the cold frame now. I will planting out my lettuce seedlings within the next 3 or 4 days. I have been waiting for the weather to warm up a bit. The low temperatures dipped below freezing the last 2 mornings. After planting out the lettuce seedlings, I will be keeping them under a plastic cover hoop until the weather warms up. The broccoli and kohlrabi seedlings will be transplanted out into the garden in about one week. I planted radish seeds about one week ago and they have already germinated. I also planted my pea seed about the same time, but they have not germinated as of yet. I currently have 7 hens, but only 5 of them are laying eggs right now. I added 4 hens to the flock last spring, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Isa Browns. All 4 are laying eggs like crazy.

Onion Transplants in the Garden, 3/25/20
Over Wintered Sierra Lettuce, 3/7/20
My Hens Enjoying the Warm Early April Weather