Checking In On the Recently Planted Fall Garden

This past week I put a lot of work in so that we could get the fall garden in.  Starting from the front, I cleared out some sweet potato vines and got a full row of broccoli and a row beside it of cauliflower. Just to the south of that, we planted Russian Red Kale, Siberian Kale, Dinosaur Kale and Rainbow Swiss Chard.  A little to the west of those rows, we put in a row of Detroit Dark Red Beets, Chioggia Beets and Bull's Blood Beets.

It is Very Dry for September in our area, so I was careful to get everything watered in and then kept the soil moist to aid in germination.

I almost forgot to tell you that in pulling up the youngest sweet potato vines in order to make room for the broccoli and cauliflower, I unearthed some Golden Wonder Sweet Potatoes.  I'll let these cure and we'll eat these first while waiting on the main sweet potato harvest coming up in about a month.

I made some room on the 16 foot trellis by removing the cucumber vines which had been decimated by army worms.  This enabled me to get the sugar snap peas planted.  They responded with a germination rate that approaches 99%.

We always like to have fresh green beans for Thanksgiving.  To achieve that, we got a row of snap beans that are up and thriving.  About 1/3 of the row is a variety called Calima.  The remaining 2/3 of the row is planted with Blue Lake Bush Green Beans.

Further to the south, we planted a row of kohlrabi and cabbage.  In the upcoming weeks, we'll get garlic in and then lettuce, mustard greens, turnips and radishes, amount other items.  The fall garden is about all planted.  Good weather's on the way.