Cold frames doing well

The cold frames are the first garden area to get transplants. On the right is mache and arugula that I transplanted last week.

 

On the left side, is tatsoi, scallions, more arugula, lettuce, and spinach.

Garden status - end of September

For the last few days my garden was trying to survive some very strong winds and rain. I held my breath, hoping the remaining fruit wouldn't be knocked off. There was an open bucket in the garden that collected 3 inches of water. Plants survived okay, but slugs are having a party.

Can I stretch the season a couple more weeks? I still have peppers, tomatoes, and squash growing. Much of the fruit is almost ready, and would have been in the hotter summer air. But September days are cooler and warm loving plants are growing slower.

I could pick the green tomatoes and let them ripen inside, but the texture and flavor is not quite the same as vine ripening.

Lettuce is back! There is a wire tunnel over the lettuce bed, just in case I have to quickly throw on row covers for a cold night.

 

The cold frames are doing better this year. Arugula, chard, mache, claytonia, carrots, and scallions could use another month of growing before November when I can expect some snow.

Planting mache and claytonia in cold frame

I continued to plant my fall garden this weekend. The mache  and claytonia transplants (4 weeks old) found a cozy place at one end of the cold frame.

 

I have to be careful transplanting the claytonia. They don't particularly like the transplant, but after adding grass clippings around the plants and a few days of sunshine, they seem to perk up and do okay.

Garden update - end of August

This is a picture of my garden from the East. You can see the shade from surrounding trees lapping at the edges of the garden.

Amazing tomatoes. This is a picture from the North end where I planted Juliet tomatoes.

Juliet is an All-American Selection Winner and seems to be resistant to diseases. They started producing in mid-July and look like they'll continue into early October. I'll be growing them again next year.

Mixing peppers and cucumbers. I ran out of trellis space for the second planting of cucumbers. So I planted them next the to peppers.

Who would have thought the peppers would reach to 4 feet. I was hoping the inter-planting would confuse the cucumber beetles. The second planting of  cucumbers that were planted by themselves are already wilting.

Fall peas. The "fall" peas really spend most of their time growing in the hot summer sun, and don't look so good (brown leaves at the base of the plants, not growing as tall as the spring peas). I'm expecting a harvest about the middle of October.