Ah the 2nd day of fall. Fresh sod on 14 backyard. Gorgeous.
A little late produce, and maybe with a better managed garden…. Some tomatoes , mostly San marzanos, with a little cuke hiding and the second planting of radish ready to eat and thin.
Time to harvest herb for food and parfum. Ah the whole house will smell so good.
It’s that time to celebrate the season that was and start to dream of the one ahead.
Poor, frankly.
Was it me? Was it the weather?
Or more simply; fertilizer.
How grocery stores do it has me completely boggled. Massive amounts of the same veg, perfect in every way. Two days off the stem and mine are all suffering.
So I have fun with it.
Fennel vodka?
Indeed a rather poor year. The early rains helped generate green, but delayed the season.
The best evidence of this was the cactus. Just bloomed. Months late.
Back to fertilizer. Hate to admit it but a simple 10-10-10 made a big difference last year. So of course in “my more is better'” approach I spread a quarter bag Actisol – hen shit – all around last weekend.
This will be interesting. My intention was to prep the soil for a long winters nap. If it starts late fall growth I may be in trouble.
So I am going/ hoping for a long slow fall. Hope this prediction is better than at the start of the season.
FarmerTO 