Higgs Boson wrote:
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It gets awfully quiet on rec.gardens this time of
year. Would be nice to schmooze with gardeners
just sowing their "winter" crops. Not that I
don't love rec.gardens but..

there are times when i'm too busy doing and don't
have much energy when done to write much. today was
one of those days.

picked dry beans yesterday from one garden and
shelled some of them, leaving an empty garden with
debris needing to be put under so i could plant
the fall/winter cover crop. today was digging
day, as i'm still chugging along on half power i
was able to get everything buried, but not get
it planted, so that will be tomorrow's chore.
garlic, winter rye, winter wheat will be the crops
for that garden. when i was taking a break between
bouts of digging i shelled beans.

we've already had some light frosts, but the
daytime weather has been perfect for being outside
and getting things done. four more days in the
forecast without rain. i'm good with that, i hope
i can get at least two more of the larger gardens
picked by then, but nothing more than the one
garden tomorrow will likely be planted as it is
more important to get things picked now that they
are dry. the winter crops can wait a week or two
before being planted. most of them are cover
crops anyways.

the one garden i planted with winter rye, winter
wheat and oats (yes, i know the oats will not
survive long) a while ago is already up and the
sprouts are about 8"-12" tall. this stuff grows
quick! it's so nice to have green growing in that
garden again. i'll enjoy looking at it all winter
when there isn't enough snow to cover...


songbird