Mid-October Garden 2016

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Broccoli this year hasn’t flowered, but the small leaves are tender enough to eat.leeks-2fall-lettuce-and-dill

From leeks to lettuce, the garden is still active.

garlic-patchWe protect newly planted garlic from marauding chickens.

beetsBeets–a good fall veggie

greenhouse-plantingThis set of starters got a good drenching with compost tea.  Throughout the winter, we water the greenhouse from the gambusia (mosquito-eating) fish tank.  For now, row cover helps the ground stay moist in between waterings and in the cold of winter will keep the soil warm.

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compost-tea-curing-in-wheelbarrowGarden gold:  compost tea curing in the sun.  It’s a mixture of compost, manure, and gambusia water.  It passed the smell test.

Potluck this coming Saturday, October 15. Bring a dish to share and a recipe. Someday maybe we’ll create a cookbook. We’ll eat about 11:30 and have a short general membership meeting. Those of you who worked with us this spring and helped us have another successful harvest, please come  visit. We need people to take home tomatoes!