Garden's End

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My garden is coming to the end now that Autumn is on the way here. I have a patch of Swiss chard and two teeny-tiny pumpkins. Everything looks shriveled and bare.

However, there are a couple of things that are still producing fairly well.

I have tons of grape tomatoes ripening every day.

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Also, there are quite a few Roma tomatoes left.

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My pepper plants are still doing well. The habanero plants are loaded, though I notice they are not ripening as quickly with the cooler weather.

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There are also many green peppers to pick.

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I had put in a late planting of beans and peas, but I think it has gotten too cold for them. It has been a good year for the garden. I do need to improve the soil in my front garden before next year though.

I'm sad to see it almost over, but I won't miss the hours of canning!

Comments

  1. NadineSeptember 16, 2010 at 12:05 PM

    What a blessing!
    I wish that our garden had done better this year, but we have been so blessed to receive fresh produce from others to put-up in the pantry. We also have been visiting a local fruit stand and buying from their "clearance" shelf...lots of great deals!
    Lord willing we will have a better garden next year - we will be using raised beds!

    Blessings!
    ~Nadine

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  2. Melissa GrohSeptember 16, 2010 at 11:05 PM

    I know where you can get some horse poo for your soil! Good stuff!!!!

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  3. TerriSeptember 17, 2010 at 4:33 AM

    LOL Melissa! I appreciate the offer, but I'm not sure I'd want to drive the 8 hours with horse poo in the back of my car. :-)

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  4. DianneSeptember 17, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    Some bags of fertilizer will work just as good as the horse poo, Terri but you won't get that pleasant aroma with fertilizer. LOL!!

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  5. Melissa GrohSeptember 18, 2010 at 11:50 PM

    Yeah! Come on, it's all about the aroma! Mom and Dad just took home a bucket of my magic mule/horse mixture! There's something funny about the thought of Dad putting poo in his very clean trunk and driving all the way home with it!!!!

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