Wood Chipper Work

Today I worked on throwing all of my accumulated brush and branches throught the wood-chipper.  The woodchips that are left over will be used as path material between planting beds.  It looks good so far, although it takes a lot of chipping to get a little bit of woodchips.  I'll post some pictures once I'm done.  

I'm also hopng to run some of the leaves through to use as a mulch for the planting areas.

Ordered seeds today!

Snowed in

There may be snow on the ground, but the good news is that the seed catalogs have started arriving!

Cleanup

Took some pictures while working on fall cleanup today.  Here is a homemade cloche I'm working on with some self-seeded lettuce underneath.

Champion Chard.  Still going strong in late October.  Looks pretty in the light too.

More bloom pictures.

Fall Roundup

Just some thoughts on the vegetable varities that I tried this year...

Tomatoes:  

-The Sungold cherry tomatoes are an A++.  Plentiful and great tasting.

-The striped German were large and meaty.  Maybe a little juicy as a slicing tomatoe, but good.

-The Brandywine variety that I bought as a seedling never really took off.  The fruit was much smaller then they were supposed to be, and a little dissapointing overall.

Zucchini:

-Just tried the Costata Romanesco this year, which was really good.  Maybe split these with a smaller variety next year also.

Lab Lab Beans looked great on the trellis.  Never ate any though.

Melon:

None of the three melon varities that I tried this year ever really got off the ground.  Two softball size Sugar Baby watermelons are still sitting in the garden, and the other types withered and died in the alternating rain and drought.

All the salad greens were good- any type of lettuce seems to work fine and the Chard was hardy.

Some things  I'd like to integrate next year:

-Sweet Corn

-Pumpkins

-Strawberries

-Fruit Trees

-Rhubarb

Blooms

'Sungold' and 'Brandywine' Tomato, and 'Costata Romanesco'  Zucchini.