Fall Crops
As I talked about yesterday, we’ve endured a very cold summer and therefore had little to no harvest. Instead of ripping out our summer garden to start planting fall crops, we decided to expand our vegetable garden area to give our tomatoes, zucchini and strawberries more time to grow and ripen.
Who needs a front yard anyway?! (Above, our yard back in July.)
This weekend we planted purple potatoes, swiss chard and lettuce.
Miss Leyba was thrilled about the “topedoes” and less than thrilled about “the salad ” (i.e. anything leafy and green). She did help me place every single seedling in the ground though and has been very eager to check on the plants. (“Are the topedoes ready yet?” Sigh.)
It feels very much like a Victory Garden to me.
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Do you have any suggestions for books for gardening beginners? We’re about to get a bigger place with a yard we can garden and want to do some fall planting of our own out here on the east coast.
Comment by Aviva — August 18, 2010
LOVE the curls! the ringlets! *tugs them and makes boingy noises*
topedoes! salad! LOVE miss leyba! :)
Comment by mara — August 18, 2010
I love the curls + temporary tattoo look! I can’t believe how old Miss Leyba looks in that photo.
Comment by Alexis — August 18, 2010
Love it! You’ve always had a green thumb!! Everything you plant comes up healthy, lush and green! Hope it’s sunny weather ahead ~ xo
Comment by Mom — August 18, 2010