September 6, 2019
Getting back from vacation, I would like to thank those who are trying to keep the weeds down in the herb garden this year. Next week I hope to get that garden cleared out. I didn’t mulch this year because the soil was getting compacted and the plants were having trouble growing. Since that problem is solved, we can finish clearing out the herb garden and start transistioning the north part into our butterly garden. After that, maybe we can mulch down for the winter. Yep, the season is starting to come to a close. We worked hard this year! I would say it was a hard year due to too much rain. I sometimes call these years transitional years. It was a good year for some crops (like the squash, which is a native plant) and not so good for others (like peppers which are not native). The beans just keep coming and coming!
It looks like we will have 2-3 squash harvests and I have never seen so many HUGE squash. We may have some that will break our 8.5 lb record. Our pepper crop produced a fair amount of peppers, unfortunately the peppers grew between the stems and got misshapen or moldy because they couldn’t expand. We did harvest over 85 pounds of peppers which is a fair harvest.
I will continue to keep everyone updated as we continue to wind down the season. Again, THANK YOU to all of those that have made this year possible.
Patti Keller, RD, LD, CDE