Beginning Again

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After the summer harvest, gardening was crazy. It was sooooo hot, and then the rains began. I'm not complaining. We need all the rain we can get. But just when we were ready to tackle the weeds, it would rain, and it was too wet to get out in the garden. Then the weeds proliferated. Because of the extreme heat, our work hours were from 8 to 10 in the morning. After that it was just too hot. Finally, we just took out the irrigation system and let it go. We still have jalapeno peppers

 and basil "trees" with no irrigation. 

 

We did have a good crop of pecans this year, and we got to them before the squirrels and skunks.

This week we began again with a fall/winter garden. The BCS walk behind tractor and Robert made some lovely rows. 

We decreased the size of the garden by about half. Our plan it to plant fruit trees behind the garden plot. We bought red cabbage, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli plants. 

I got a few bare root strawberry plants.

 And we have a variety of seeds to try. 

Some we have collected, some we bought, and some were given to us: beans, peas, chard, radishes poppies, lettuce carrots, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, borage, and spinach. We are hoping to be a little more careful about the weeds.

I've done a little work in the herb garden.


The center plots are filling up with herbs, and I planted a variety of wildflowers around the edges. Right now all I see are zinnias and morning glories and a lot of weeds. It's hard to tell wildflowers from weeds.

So we begin again.

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