We decided to dig up some of our potatoes. There are tons... too many so we took the ones towards the top and left the ones towards the bottom of the barrel to become larger. We'll dig these up over time but they store best in the cool, dark soil so there's no harm in leaving them to mature. We planted Yukon Gold and Red Pontiac. My trusty assistant helped me with the arduous task of digging out the potatoes. Then he conducted an inventory by counting them. For tonight's dinner we have a total of 40 red and white potatoes. There's probably 100+ still in the barrel at varying stages of maturity. Further down is a picture of Winter greens starting to fill out in the back vegetable bed. I have curly red kale, collard greens, spinach, swiss chard and lettuce all blended together. I'm direct seeding these sucsessively so that there will be organic, fresh greens on our table, direct from the garden throughout Fall and in to Winter. Also included are pictures of my pepper plants which have already born their first red peppers but are just now coming in to their own and have many more weeks of production ahead. The tomatoes are also still going very strong. I've got a few plants which are loaded with green tomatoes and have yet to produce their first red one. Most however are still in high produciton or just finisheing. Ah, the beauty of heirloom tomato varieties... the gift that keeps giving. And last but not least, my favorite landscape grass is pictured at the bottom. I just love the contrast of the spikey leaves and tufts at top. The broccoli, cualiflower, brussel sprouts are not shown as they are just tiny, indescriminate little sprouts as of yet. As soon as they get larger and begin to become exciting, I'll post pictures.
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We decided to dig up some of our potatoes. There are tons... too many so we took the ones towards the top and left the ones towards the bottom of the barrel to become larger. We'll dig these up over time but they store best in the cool, dark soil so there's no harm in leaving them to mature. We planted Yukon Gold and Red Pontiac. My trusty assistant helped me with the arduous task of digging out the potatoes. Then he conducted an inventory by counting them. For tonight's dinner we have a total of 40 red and white potatoes. There's probably 100+ still in the barrel at varying stages of maturity. Further down is a picture of Winter greens starting to fill out in the back vegetable bed. I have curly red kale, collard greens, spinach, swiss chard and lettuce all blended together. I'm direct seeding these sucsessively so that there will be organic, fresh greens on our table, direct from the garden throughout Fall and in to Winter. Also included are pictures of my pepper plants which have already born their first red peppers but are just now coming in to their own and have many more weeks of production ahead. The tomatoes are also still going very strong. I've got a few plants which are loaded with green tomatoes and have yet to produce their first red one. Most however are still in high produciton or just finisheing. Ah, the beauty of heirloom tomato varieties... the gift that keeps giving. And last but not least, my favorite landscape grass is pictured at the bottom. I just love the contrast of the spikey leaves and tufts at top. The broccoli, cualiflower, brussel sprouts are not shown as they are just tiny, indescriminate little sprouts as of yet. As soon as they get larger and begin to become exciting, I'll post pictures.
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