As I continue reflecting on the garden year so far we did have some great harvests …
Eggplants, no water, no problem.
Love the white eggplants. They look like large duck eggs so not too big and not too small. We got loads, made dishes with them all summer and into fall. Have some cooked and frozen too. If you have a place with loads of sun and little water, your eggplants will be happy.
If you have an area that gets loads of sun and not much water, consider putting eggplants there. I did water them occasionally, but not that often and they were super happy.
Overwintered broccoli, hardier than expected.
Wow, just didn’t protect the broccoli plants we got in late. Yet got a super early broccoli harvest, even with temps down into the single digits off and on for a couple weeks.
Hardier than I expected.. check out Fiesta Broccoli from High Mowing Seeds.
We also grow Belstar and De Ciccio green heading types.
Melons, melons, melons!
Remember when I didn’t water the potatoes and got no harvest. Well, the opposite happened with the melons this year. Both melon patches were in places that got watered allot and we had loads of melons. Water folks, plants love it.
That is all my Autumn musings for now. If more useful lessons come to mind, I’ll be sure to pass them on. For now, happy gardneing and check out all our resources if you haven’t yet. – Debby
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