Saturday morning harvest

Even with the cooler temps at night I am still being able to harvest a few pounds of tomatos.. The cucumbers are producing nicely. MAny more fruits have formed. As have the squash beds. This is 3 nights in a row now where the overnight temps are gettin in to the high 40s and daytime temps going to the high 70s and low 80s. NOt exactly great weather for warm temp plants.
Last night Mrs T was asking about why we havent had any plums lately. NOt being greedy or over indulgent I took a walk this morning and brought Mrs T about 10 pounds of freshly harvested foraged plums from the mother ship. Apparently this orchard is on a vacant lot in the neighborhood so foraging is easy here. In a brief looksi there appears to be several hundred pounds of prime plums awaiting harvest.. yumyum. I am hoping the neighbors are also partaking as it is a shame to see good produce go to waste..

43 degrees last night.

Garden took a bit of a hit.. Hoping for a recovery. We will see. Anyhow its almost 70 now and expected to warm up..We shall see what transpires.

one of my mentors

Its a bit easier to do this while in Pasadena CA but we can do some of the same tings here in the Mile High City. I will be happy to get about 200-300 pounds of food a year in our short growing season.

Thursday morning in the garden

thursday morning harvest
new lettuce planting
another new lettuce planting

cooler temps/ garden changes

With the advent of nights in the 50's the warmer weather crops arestarting to show the effects. The tomatos are starting to die off (I lost one this morning) and the cooler weather crops are coming on strong. A second and third planting of lettuces and the other greens are renewing. Sweet pea seedlings are going in for a second run. So far I have about 1/2 a baby food jar full of lettuce seed for next spring. ALso about 20-25 seeds from the green beans. I started a cuppla collard green plants in the front yard, heavily mulched to hold in moisture and keep the soil cool. We shall see. COllard greens this summer are our new friend as a lettuce replacement.

collecting seed video

more lettuces and greens a planting

With the advent of the cooler temps in the evening I am doubling and tripling up the greens planting for the fall. The kids love the taste of the homegrown greens and they are better for them. SO I am starting more and more from the collected seeds from the spiked plants i have shown on my you tube channel.
I am home from the lab on a bit of a staycation thru Labor Day to get some much needed work done on the 'stead. So posting will be heavier this week as I do some of the projects