Check it off from the To Do list. The garden is nearly done for this year. It is almost hard to believe, but only last month (seven weeks ago) it looked like this.
Everything was so green. Those squash vines were going crazy! We harvested over three dozen butternut squash this year. Sylvia will be happy to not see a tomato in the near future. We ate and will eat well from this year’s bounty.
Yesterday, we had a little relief from what has been a very rainy pattern. The morning brought sunshine and mild temperatures. Sylvia donned her work clothes and when I took a break for a fresh cup, she was out prepping the garden for winter. This morning, I looked out the window to see this sight.
Looks dreary, right? Only asparagus and rhubarb remain. Yes, dreary. And damp. After a late lunch yesterday, I retrieved the mail and went to put it on the kitchen table. That’s when I heard, splat. Splat. Rattaty tat tat tat, etc. Within seconds we were in a deluge.
This morning I found 1.3 inches of rain in the gauge. We are getting caught up on all the rain we missed earlier this year.
One more task remains. I’ll go to the neighbor’s and return with a load of natural fertilizer, which I’ll then apply to the garden. What will my lady plant next year?
Potatoes are good to grow because they’re used in so many things. The same for tomatoes I would imagine. My family used to eat the green ones fried but I never did get the hang of that one.
Will you have rhubarb pie? My Grams used to make that and everyone in the family loved it! I was too chicken to try it (chalk it up to silly youth 😉 ). Ah, the things we miss out on being young. 🙂
We’re going to give potatoes a try next year. We’ll not need many tomatoes, and we have squash for two or three years. (There’s just the two of us these days.)
Rhubarb pie? Yes, of course there will be rhubarb pie and rhubarb crisp and rhubarb jam. I love the stuff! I grew up on rhubarb pie. My mom was great at making pies, but Sylvia is better–much better. I’m trying right now to not get excited about next spring when the rhubarb begins to grow. Fortunately, it comes in early. :cheer:
The Governor would be happy to help you get loaded this weekend. :rofl: If you prefer self-serve, help yourself to both bins. If you need more that that, peel the top off the big pile and get some of the good stuff underneath. Take all you want, we’ll make more!
That’s an offer I won’t refuse. :ha: (Pun intended.)
Thanks! We should be able to handle it okay. 🙄 It sure is nice of you to share your ah stuff with us. Can you use some butternut squash? We still have some. 😀
Don’t refuse; reuse! I would not be offended if a squarsh appeared in the barn! Did you grow potatoes? We may have a few extra.
Expect it to happen. :food: We did not grow potatoes this year, but may give it a go next year. :think:
You’ll probably notice that your bins are empty and there were two of our best squash left in your barn where you would be sure to find them. Thanks ever so much. You are the best. :angelic: Best neighbor that is. 😆 I’m sore tonight, but that’s okay. :beam:
Thanks for the squash and for emptying the bins. The sign of a great deal is when each side thinks they got the better end of the bargain!
Ours is gone too. We ate all of the broccoli plants and we are sad. We want more broccoli! :food:
Awww. I’m so sorry for you. 😥 It’s going to be a long wait for more broccoli. Perhaps the male person or the publicist will find some pine boughs for you to munch on. 😀 Even if they’re not as tasty as broccoli.