End Of Summer Update
It seems that many of my posts lately are updates because of my lack of entries. This is no exception. What can I say, it's been a busy summer filled with gardening, festivals, and long work weeks. What has been missing, is my usual camping and travel trips.
As far as gardening goes, it has been a decent year. The cooler weather in north Idaho this summer has given us an abundance of cool weather crops (chard, kale, broccoli, peas, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, and shallots). Our tomatoes are just starting to come on, but with already one frost I'm worried the green ones won't have the time to ripen. Our summer squash has been fairly plentiful, but not overwhelming. Our cucumbers have been few, but I'm really hoping more will be coming this weekend so I can at least make a canner's worth of pickles.
I'll let the pictures do the describing of the gardens themselves.
Our garden in Late August
Community Garden Sept 1
Big Sweet Onions
Late Brassicas
KIA enjoying the soil
posted by BurdockBoy @ 9:35 AM
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14 Comments:
It's good to hear from you! Kia's growing like a weed, I see. My blogging also seems to consist mostly of updates these days.
Your garden looks much healthier than ours does. I think our soil is sorely lacking some key nutrients, we seem to have grown bonsai versions of almost everything!
It seem when Sept 1st comes the weather starts to chill a little.
I notice a few leaves are even starting to turn color.
Hello, glad to hear that you've had a productive summer. Both gardens look very healthy especially since you started from scratch this year.
Its been a wet summer here and I've shared my produce with the slugs!
Your KIA is growing up, glad to see she loves the garden too.
Cripes. What zone are you? Please say you are NOT zone 4, or I will cry.
(Saw you over at Howling Hill)
Cheryl:
I'm glad I'm not the only one slacking this summer :)
Peppy:
Always a pleasure. Yeah, it's gotten chilly. We had a killing frost at our house north of SP. Luckily our garden isn't at our house.
willow:
Hello. Glad to see you.
We had a dry summer, but fall seems to be moist. I hope my in-ground veggies handle it.
Meadowlark:
Welcome. I miss the meadowlarks birdsong from when I used to live back in the Midwest. As for my zone-We're 4 for frost and a 5 for hardiness. We can do bing cherries and apricots, but peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes are a challenge. You never know when that early or late frost will sneak up on you. We had snow flurries in June this year. The Mountains cause crazy, unpredictable weather. I need a hoophouse to maintain any sort of consistency.
With a garden like that who has the time or want to blog. Kia is growing just as fast huh, glad she gets to dig her toes in the dirt. Good for the soul.
I've been eatin tomato salad since weeks. In spring we got a lot of plants from our neighbor and they were growing good. You had frost already over there? I didnt think its that cold in Idaho! Cool pictures :)
Labor Day weekend we had two nights of freeze warnings and I had to cover the tomatoes. The zuchinni got nipped a bit, but um... who cares? It's ZUCHINNI for gosh sakes!
Maggie:
I wish I had more time to blog, but lately my focus just hasn't been there. KIA does like the dirt, but it's the bath that doesn't go as well. She PANICS when she gets her head wet. She also panics when one of us goes deep into the lake. It almost seems like she has some sort of past-life trauma.
Mone:
Our tomatoes are starting to come on pretty strong. I'm planning a 5 day trip next week and I'm worried that it will be right when it's time to can sauce. As for the frost, I live in the far north part of Idaho (near the Canadian border) so we get much cooler weather than down by Boise.
Meadowlark:
Zuchinni is funny, because it tastes so good the first one you get, but by Labour Day you're pitching them at trees just to watch them explode.
Your garden looks fabulous. I've been out of it the last little bit and it seems that I've missed a few posts. I have some catching up to do.
Nice garden, Burdock. Although many people manage nice gardens up here, I just don't seem to have it in me. I never seem to be sedentary enough in the summer months. Still, harvest time always makes me wish I had. Thank goodness for the Farmer's Market, Co-ops, and friends...as something always manages to come my way. You know, a lot of people make tomatoes work up here (as the market tomatoes often seem tasteless)...the most common methods for success are a 5 gallon bucket or raised beds. Pehaps such would work for you, too.
Good to see you in the mix again...and good to see Kia, too (she sure has grown). Best to all of you.
Carla:
Hello. The garden has been doing fairly well this year. As far as posting goes, I'm sure your summer was filled with hustle and bustle.
TFool:
Thanks. The garden has sort of been a good way to keep me grounded and from spending more money on gas than need be. But I do miss my travels. We're helping some friends move to Oregon next week so that will be a nice 5 day trip.
As far as being in the mix, it feels nice again. When I don't post for awhile or read other people's blogs I really feel like I'm missing out on friends.
Oregon? Heading through my way? Email me and let me know!
Meadowlark:
We're just going to Corvallis and then up to Portland. Our bus is packed with our friends stuff so it should be fun. I'd like to get some fruit in Hood River for preserving, but we'll see.
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