Summer Has Ended

cottonpicker · August 30, 2009

It's NOT been a good year here either. Our tomato production was approx. 40% less than expected due to Late Blight. All but 2 of my tomato plants "bit the dust" early & I yanked'em out...bagged and trashed them a few weeks ago. I now have a VERY!!! healthy large red cherry still producing along with my Cowlick Brandywine. Tough customers--survivors!!, they are!!!

Today I finished my plantings for Fall--- assorted lettuces, Red & Tendergreen Mustards, Mei Qing Choy, Shanghai Bok Choy, Dwarf Choy Sum, assorted radishes, garlic and Broccoli Raab. Worked my fairly friable soil with a garden fork to loosen up deeply...didn't turn the soil this year... added some Espoma Organic fertilizer & a dab of MG Garden Soil... raked smooth & planted. I WANTED COMPOST to layer on my plots but it was not available from my usual (free) Tounship source. As you see, I'm heading towards "no till" planting. Getting older...I reckon! GOOD gardening to ALL!!!! Cooler temps & lower humidity is here!!! ahhhhhhhh!!!!!
LarryD

August 30, 2009	#16
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	It's NOT been a good year here either. Our tomato production was approx. 40% less than expected due to Late Blight. All but 2 of my tomato plants "bit the dust" early & I yanked'em out...bagged and trashed them a few weeks ago. I now have a VERY!!! healthy large red cherry still producing along with my Cowlick Brandywine. Tough customers--survivors!!, they are!!! Today I finished my plantings for Fall--- assorted lettuces, Red & Tendergreen Mustards, Mei Qing Choy, Shanghai Bok Choy, Dwarf Choy Sum, assorted radishes, garlic and Broccoli Raab. Worked my fairly friable soil with a garden fork to loosen up deeply...didn't turn the soil this year... added some Espoma Organic fertilizer & a dab of MG Garden Soil... raked smooth & planted. I WANTED COMPOST to layer on my plots but it was not available from my usual (free) Tounship source. As you see, I'm heading towards "no till" planting. Getting older...I reckon! GOOD gardening to ALL!!!! Cooler temps & lower humidity is here!!! ahhhhhhhh!!!!! LarryD __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo Last edited by cottonpicker; August 30, 2009 at 10:16 PM.