The Fall Garden Check-In
Normally, I'd be posting an update on Labor Day and Halloween, but this being an unusual year, I've opted for just one in between. A summer of consistently foggy mornings has wreaked havoc on everything susceptible to fungus, namely my tomatoes and squash. But while cucumbers are also fungus prone, thanks to a disease-resistant variety and overplanting, I am still up to my ears in cucumbers. Oxhearts from Territorial The General Cucumbers from Johnny's Small Wonder Spaghetti Squash by Territoral Seeds It felt like everything was producing later than normal, and indeed, a check of prior years proved out that most plants were a good 2-3 weeks behind the normal schedule. I'm also feeling like everything is wrapping up early. So this may go on the record as one of my shortest summer growing seasons. The exception was peppers. I've learned I either have disastrous pepper years, or exceptional pepper years. Rarely anything in between. Thankfully, this was a...
