I haven't posted in forever, so hello again fellow gardeners. My wife and I pulled our garden this weekend. Its always a little depressing to do that but its also a good time to evaluate what went well and what went bad and what we'll do different next year. Our garden was very successful this year except for out yellow scalloped squash. They produced a billion male blossoms and VERY few female blossoms, we got about 10 squash off of 6 plants. I know some people at the UofM in the horticulture department and they couldn't give me a good reason why they were so dismal. Anyone have any ideas?
My Black Krims were the star of the garden this year as far as taste. They were far better than any other tomato I grew including my Brandywines. I have already allocated more space for them next year. Everything else did really well too. The only thing left in the ground are some carrots that will get harvested later this week and the Scarlet Runner Beans which I'm letting dry on the vines (shedding a small tear right now) Hope everyone had a productive year.
Lots of garden sadness this year--our weather was so cool and rainy. We didn't get a ripe tomato until August (although those we got were fabulous). Everything was just off this year--my perennials all bloomed at strange times; veggies were all a challenge. Glad to put this garden "to bed" and hope for better results next year. Anything that didn't have white flies had powdery mildew or rust (or our resident chipmunks and rabbits decimated the plants). There's always next year, right?
A strange, off year here in the northeast, too; I need a bit more time to recover before I can start actively planning for next year, but yea, even as I'm pulling up my wormy pepper plants, thoughts about next year's garden are flitting around in the back of my head.
I'm totally with you on the Black Krim-- they were incredibly delicious, and my favorite. We did Persimmon as well, which were absolutely gorgeous. Green zebras were also fun, and I think we'll do them again next year, both for color and taste. And look, here I am already talking and planning for next year....
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