So Long Garden

The bitter cold that the spiders forecast all summer long is here and my garden is pretty much gone. With freezing temps well into the single and double digits, all the veggies are showing the signs of cold weather stress.

The remaining tomatoes have died and the fruit on the vines froze. The broccoli and cauliflower leaves are showing signs of freeze burn. The sugar snaps are still green and the lettuce and spinach seem to be enjoying the cold.

It is sad to see the end of the growing season and yet there are sugar snap peas starting to sprout in the grow boxes I recently replanted. Apparently, there is always a saving grace.

I had a great time this year with my garden and it successfully produced about 325 pounds of vegetables. I am proud of the garden's success.

All I can say is "Wait until next year, we will be onward and up the ante!"

Home Grown Broccoli

We picked our very first broccoli last week and we cooked and ate it. It is amazing how different something fresh from the garden tastes versus something you buy in the grocery store. I never knew home grown tasted so good.

Broccoli from my garden, I can not speak for other gardeners, has a much milder taste than the grocery store's broccoli. I even said to the produce man at my local chain that my broccoli was bigger than his.

Look, I am not sporting for a fight, but I am a real good gardener and I now know that if I can control most of the elements I can grow great quantities of good vegetables. I am so happy with my 2010 garden because it really was fun.

Wait until next year, I have changes in mind that will make it a much better yielding garden and one of my changes involves the summer squash. Look out doxies, you may have to eat a lot more squash next year.

I really don't think they will mind.