On Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:18:32 PM UTC-7, songbird wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote:

...

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...

Enjoyed your account beaucoup!

Where are you located, if I may ask?

Also, looks like you're dealing with vastly more acreage than my little backyard garden. Kudos!

HB