October 2017

This is what is going on in my garden October 2017!

Harvesting:

  • Carrots
  • Cayenne peppers
  • Thai peppers
  • Parsley (looks fabulous)
  • Basil (bolting)
  • Lemons

Planted:

  • Garlic (and placed mulch on top)

What am I doing?:

  • Still direct composting in beds and side yard to improve my dirt (see post on direct composting)
  • Getting rid of a lot of grubs in raised beds
  • Pulled all tomato plants – composted them
    • Transplanted one cherry and one yellow pear in it’s own pot as those plants were doing so well that I am attempting to keep two

Musings:

  • Happy to still be enjoying flowers blooming
  • Fig tree is starting to lose leaves
  • Kiwi plants are growing new leaves at the base, but not growing much bigger yet
  • Butterfly bushes that I grew from seed are quickly growing and towering over the one plant I purchasd at the nursery, but they have yet to flower.  Only the nursery butterfly bush has flowered.
  • Oh and here is a picture of my Rudbeckia.  It is so beautiful!