Trying out a fall planting

Sunday, October 04, 2009

I’ve always been a summer gardener, in part because I used to live somewhere that started to get snow in November. This year, I’m going for it by growing collards (one shares pot with parsley) and beets.

As you can see, I have a critter problem on the collards (whiteflies? I admit that I haven’t taken a good look), and the beets have been in the ground about a month. I bought both as starters at Greensgrow. I’ll keep everyone posted. In summer garden news, I’m down to the last tomatoes and peppers and have been snipping off any new shoots and flowers on both so that that plants can finish what they started. Also, the basil is still trucking—I should get another batch of pesto in the freezer before they head to the compost heap in the sky.