Fall/Winter Garden Begins

[dalthauser]

Spent all day (save tea and potty breaks) outside in the garden.  
It was just the medicine I needed to get me out of the emotional gloom I'd been in.

I'd let everything get very overgrown as seen by this pic (the chili's and peppers are the only thing left from spring - and they'll product until the first freeze)

Got a good start on the Fall/Winter garden Sunday, but I have hours and hours left before it's completely planted.




Here I'm doing Garlic.  Instead of buying seed garlic, I decided to get organic garlic from the grocery.  If it does well - I'll have saved about $18. 



Here are the Collard Green transplants I bought at the store.  Nine plants will feed me and I'll be able to freeze about a dozen portions as well.



The areas covered are the collards and in the back the leek and green onion seeds.  This will keep the birds out the seeds and the bugs off the collards.  I also planted red onions and shallots next to the garlic.



I still have lots to plant.  Lettuce, Spinach, Chinese Cabbage, Beets, Radishes, Turnips, Sweet Peas, and Fava Beans.  Now that I'm started though - I have motivation to finish.

Comments

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

A couple years back i bought some garlic, to eat, that turned out to be to "fragarant" to keep in the house. I took it outside and planted a bulb by each door and had no vampires that year!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

hahaha. Hey, no joke, I was in my 30's before I got over my fear of vampires. I think it was the Anne Rice books - she makes them seem so sexy, you almost want to date one.