After dragging around for a few days being not-quite-sick but not-quite-well and resting quite a bit, I feel fine today and am ready to tackle the world...er..garden.
In spite of a weather forecast of 71 today, it is fall here, so according to our research, it's time to:
* sprinkle gypsum on the soil to add some calcium to it
* dig up all the old plants from the garden and put everything EXCEPT the powdery-mildew-covered squash leaves in the compost bin.
* plant our "green manure" crop in the garden beds. I really wanted hairy vetch because I liked the name, but we'll be planting rye because it was easier to find.
* plant lettuce and spinach seed
* spread more compost on our yard to try to improve the soil--which is probably about a 5 year process.
* find and dig up the gladiola bulbs to store for winter, ranking them as a pretty darn fussy plant
* plant the garlic when it cools off again
* buy the wonderful unprocessed apple cider that is only available from fruit stands during the fall...YUM!
Is it just me, or is everything in my life lately about food?
1 comment:
All about food? I don't see any kind of problem about that.
I LOVE real apple cider. Here what they call cider is really just apple juice. And though tons of food here is absolutely fabulous, the apples here just don't compare. Maybe it's a lack of frost or something?
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