What did you do in the garden today?

[politicalcenter]

I am getting ready to start my fall garden. I didn't even have a summer garden. I just got too busy watering container plant. It got so hot. I have four big piles of compost...about six foot wide and four ft. tall. And two piles are about done cooking. It is good black stuff.

 

[redsoxs]

I am getting ready to start my fall garden. I didn't even have a summer garden. I just got too busy watering container plant. It got so hot. I have four big piles of compost...about six foot wide and four ft. tall. And two piles are about done cooking. It is good black stuff.

I have always liked the idea of a fall garden. Geographically where are you located and what do you plan to plant? I have big gaping spaces where my cabbages and beets were.

 

[lazy gardener]

Now is the time to plant if you want succession crops to provide cool weather crops that you will be able to harvest into November. They need to be started before day length gets much shorter. They can then be covered with row tunnels, or my favorite: Make a hay bale cold frame. Box it up with hay bales, leaving the top and south side open. This can be covered with plastic. I use a cattle panel over 2 x 4's, which provides nice support for patio door window panels covered by plastic. If it ends up being an open winter, the frame can be opened on warm days throughout the winter to harvest fresh greens.

 

[jerryse]

Yesterday I took cuttings of thornless blackberry and black raspberries . Both tip root readily . Set 36 cuttings in my cloning machine . Basically a bottom mist system . I need more plants for a larger patch .

 

[cutechick53]

Anyone know of a dwarf tree variety that does good in a pot and in the heat? I had an elderberry tree (dwarf) that didn't grow and I need a replacement.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

try Persian limes or another citrus fruit.

 

[country girl44]

my two baby watermelons. I'm so proud of myself

 

[GardenNut]

Congratulations! Those will be quite tasty, I'm sure!

 

[GranolaGirl72]

Dug up the little remaining patch of quack in the new garden space, hope I am not setting myself up for a mess again... 6 beds in and planted, wanting to do a couple more so I can plant greens and radishes before we leave for Nebraska on Friday, but we will see. Beets and lettuce up, tomatoes tied up to new supports. Pulled a kohlrabi and bok choi from the garden I tend in town and a broccoli from my old one south of the house. Toying with digging a "window" to see what I have for potatoes.

 

[redsoxs]

Now is the time to plant if you want succession crops to provide cool weather crops that you will be able to harvest into November.  They need to be started before day length gets much shorter.  They can then be covered with row tunnels, or my favorite:  Make a hay bale cold frame.  Box it up with hay bales, leaving the top and south side open.  This can be covered with plastic.  I use a cattle panel over 2 x 4's, which provides nice support for patio door window panels covered by plastic.  If it ends up being an open winter, the frame can be opened on warm days throughout the winter to harvest fresh greens.

Thanks for the advice.