The garden she is a changing. The overall complexion of the garden has significantly changed over the last week. The beans are gone and the tomatoes and peppers are next,that is except for the containers in my new greenhouse.
The grow boxes are now full of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, brussel sprouts, and sugar snap peas. My broccoli has some heads the size of half dollar or silver dollar coins. It is the very first time we have had a successful growth of broccoli.
Surprise, surprise! Yesterday, my husband and I trekked to one of the popular home repair and garden retailers to see if they had a bargain on a greenhouse. We had seen some that sat in waterlogged boxes last week and wondered if they wanted to get rid of them cheaply.
We were pleasantly rewarded with the fact the store still had one of the waterlogged boxes. We bought a pop-up plastic greenhouses that measured 5 foot by 5 foot by 6 1/2 feet tall. This is not huge by any measure but certainly big enough to hold two tomato boxes, one pepper box and maybe my herb box. It may be possible to get another box in if my son redesigns the supports.
It will be the first Thanksgiving I will be able to serve my fresh tomatoes from the garden along with the turkey. This year, like so many others, has been a learning experience beyond belief. I actually weighed in a 14 ounce Mr. Stripey tomato today as we roll along to the next mark of 310 pounds out of the garden.
I have been the teacher this summer and I have also been the student. Oh how wonderful to be back in the outdoor classroom.
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