Comments on: It isn’t all bad news

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:06:38 +0000

I don’t know if I could put our garden in a cover crop before a big trip. The urge to plant when spring comes along is so hard to resist. That is nice you still got a few things even though it wasn’t as big as you were hoping.

By: kitsapfg

kitsapfg — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:15:52 +0000

I think it is nothing short of miraculous that you are getting production like you are from the garden given your long stay away from it! Really shows how resilient the garden actually can be. Welcome back by the way. I did not stop in fast enough to see your arrival back, but are glad you have returned from your travels safely.

By: Jackie Frost

Jackie Frost — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:59:39 +0000

We have blight in the tomatoes and if your peppers are hidden in the weeds maybe the hornworms won’t find them as they have a lot of others this year. I do believe your trip was worth fewer veggies.

By: S

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:57:47 +0000

It sounds like your plants did okay for the most part. In a lot of places it hasn’t exactly been a great gardening year, even for the folks who stayed home, ha! If that makes you feel better :)

By: jennifer fisk

jennifer fisk — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:21:03 +0000

For whatever reason, my tomatoes aren’t ripening properly this year. This is August,the Brandywines and Prudens should be beautiful as should the San Marzano. They are all green still.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:41:05 +0000

I don’t think I could bear a whole garden in a cover crop. I’d probably throw in a few things just to see if they produced. But if I were gone that long I might put quite a bit of it in a cover crop if I couldn’t get someone to weed it for me. At least you got a nice crop of shallots and garlic especially since that way you have seed for next year.