Hello, gardeners and hivers!
I was going to write this post yesterday, but the internet was not cooperating, so it had to wait until today. I realized that I hadn't written a post in more than 2 weeks so I figured it was about time to write another one.
I started tearing out the tomato plants in the greenhouse, they're done for the season. There was still some green tomatoes on the plants, but I didn't want to wait until they got ripe, so they went out with the plants. As usual, I didn't think to take a picture until I was well into the process.
The tomato plants in the raised bed still had a lot of tomatoes on them, but the blight had gotten to them and they were no good. I still haven't gotten these plants removed, but I need to do it soon.
My straw bale garden was a partial success this year. It probably would have been better if I had watered it more than I did. It's harder to keep the straw bale plants properly watered because there's so much evaporation area on the bales as compared to other methods. They require a lot of water. Still, I did manage to get some nice tomatoes from the plants.
I decided to tear out the plants and move the straw bales because I'm going to need the space for the fall and winter to park my little travel trailer.
I put the remains of the straw bales in the compost pile.
I have 2 sections of raised beds planted with carrots this year. They seem to be doing well enough this year. I don't plan to harvest them until after we get a hard frost, I want them to grow for as long as possible.
The strawberry plants are trying to take over this bed.
One more picture, my marigolds are doing really well this year. They've been blooming like this for several weeks. They'll stay like this until the frost kills the plants. Marigold plants produce an immense amount of seeds so they're self seeding every year. I haven't had to replant this bed for 3 years, they just come back from the seeds. Also, they spread if you let them. They managed to spread into the old strawberry bed this year.
That's all I have for this post, I hope you found it interesting!
