Fall, 2011, Garden!

So here continues my quest to get my pictures uploaded.

SEPTEMBER, 2011

The only cabbage I've ever successfully grown! Why is that stuff so hard to grow?!

Fall veggies-mostly started from seed.  Broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas (bush-which I don't really like. I prefer pole), cabbage, collards, kale, swiss chard, celery, lettuce.  Interestingly, it didn't really grow much during the fall.  Again, not sure why?  The fall weather seemed to be much milder than our very cold and wet spring.  Hmmmm... 

That is the SAME broccoli I transplanted in April, 2011.  I think this is round 3 or 4 of new shoots with their own heads! It was absolutely nuts.  Wish I could remember where I bought it...

Cabbage, brussels, broccoli, cauliflower, swiss chard, celery, kale and lettuce-all from seed for fall pickings.  Like with the other bed, things grew funky in here.  I got a beautiful cabbage, most of the lettuce, a few chards and one broccoli.  Everything else just didn't take off--oh, except for the celery.  After a loooong period, it started going I think in mid-November!! 

100% homegrown salad! (Well, minus the olive oil, salt and pepper).

OCTOBER, 2011

These are seedlings I intended for overwintering--radishes, beets, swiss chard and kale.  They did exceptionally well!!  But, we did have an extremely mild winter...

My last harvest--I think it was 10-31-11.  I just planted some of those organic potatoes last weekend!

The stuff I grew for overwintering and spring growing--unfortunately, it was so mild that some of the stuff barely grew but has already started bolting (like the broccoli and cauliflower).  Other stuff in there:  radishes, brussels, cabbage, leeks, spinach, lettuce, kale, celery, beets, and last summer's parsley (I couldn't pull it out).

My beloved Ed. RIP to the greatest cat in the universe!!