From ↑THIS↑ humble beginning, spreading out through the evolution of my garden
With additions ↑Along the way↑
To the beginnings of being overcrowded↑
Transplanting some things to make more room for sun
Finally getting an arrangement where things (other than that ↑squash↑) were quite productive, for me at least
It had reached a stage where the tomato plants were looking scraggly, the tomatoes that were present were not ripening, and were being damaged by something, slugs or fungus, I'm not sure what
I decided it was time to pull out everything that wasn't currently producing. I cut the Okra way back, but darn it, now they are bushing out around the base. They have never produced enough at one time for me to say "I'm gonna have me a mess of stewed Okra" unless I saved a bunch in the fridge until I had enough. The Bell peppers↓↓↓
And Poblano's ↓↓↓ somehow reacted to having no other plants nearby and decided it was time to really put on more fruit... go figure
That patch of grass in the last image above was where the cherry tomatoes were planted, strung on a makeshift fence/arbor. As soon as I am "motorvated" to proceed, I'll dig out that grass and till up that entire area. My plan is to remove as much dirt as I can, hopefully up to 6-8 inches, pile it off to the side, while I put down some landscaping cloth, straw, then potting soil and Peat moss, mixed in with the soil that was removed, all to prepare for either 1. a Winter Garden,(Turnips, Mustard Greens or cabbage?) or 2. lie fallow for the Spring to return.
This has been quite a learning experience for me, trying at all costs to avoid ANY pesticides, using Herbicides only when nothing else was working for control or pests, and all told, the tomatoes and cucumbers were the most productive. I've put away 2 bags of blanched homegrown tomatoes(after giving away a bunch) and ate or gave away a WHOLE bunch of cucumbers
So now, I must make some decisions and go where no Jerry has gone before!
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Using that tiller beats me to death, this soil is extremely hard, lots of rocks and roots; each time I hit one of those things the machine bucks like a Broncho. When I get started, I will get pics and keep you posted. Around front, I just came in from watering for the first time in at least 2 wks, haven't needed to because we've had rain, and because it had been cooler and I figured things were going dormant for the winter. We have some brief rains coming tomorrow, but for now, that is the news from Smallville (aka Mableton Ga) !pinmapple 33.809748 lat -84.568451 long my house in Mableton Ga d3scr Have a great day of gardening my friends.
"Saying good bye"
(to my first ever veggie garden)
by
Jerry E Smith
©10/15/2021
All images other than the meme are original.
I have no idea who to credit for the meme
