One more rose, the magic rose, bloomed before the freeze

Below is the garden harvest for Thanksgiving, before the freeze.  The veggies are under a row cover, so we will check them again to see if any survived.  For Thanksgiving I made a radish salad which was good if you add ranch dressing.  We cooked the turnips in butter instead of bacon and that was ok.  Finally, we steamed the bok choy and served with a teriyaki sauce. 

Of course these were the sides for our turkey and my casseroles:  bean tamale and sweet potato gratin.  Jennifer brought her sourdough bread and Grandma's ginger cookies. 

 

 

 

Fall Crops

 Finally got some rain on the Fall Garden.  

We will have radish, turnips, lettuce, and bok choy for our Thanksgiving.  

The turnips were reseeded from last years crop.  

Radish

Turnips

October Roses

Joseph's Dream Coat bud

 

 

Joseph's Dream Coat

 

Joseph's Dream Coat

Joseph's Dream Coat

 

Don Juan bud

Don Juan

Don Juan

Don Juan

Joseph's Dream Coat Old Fashion Climber

 

 

DonJuan and Joseph's Dream Coat Climbers

No Rain

We have not had any rain since Helene.  The fall garden sprouted, and we are watering from the pond but things are not really growing.  I do have this nice border of spotted mint up by the house, which I have watered through the drought.  This goes by many names:  Monarda Punctata, horse mint, spotted mint, spotted bee balm.  I stated these from seeds and I am hoping they spread.  It is native to Eastern US. 

Helene

There is a forecast for much rain from Hurricane Helene stalling over Kentucky.  So we mowed the weed ground cover, tilled, and are planting a fall crop, after all.  The row plantings include:  Turnip, Lettuce, Spinach, Chinese Cabbage and Radish.  It is late, but we will extend the season with row covers, in hope of bok choy for Christmas.

 

 

August Garden

 The drought at Buzzard Roost continued through August and the garden did not produce. 

Harvest includes these small chili peppers we are going to dry and a snack of cherry tomatoes.

We did get 2.5" rain from Hurricane Francine on September 13th.  However the forecast moving forward has no regular rain in the forecast, so I will probably not plant the fall garden this year.  Better luck next year.

July Garden

 July garden during the drought of 2024, kept alive with irrigation.