Last Saturday we harvested the last of the vegetables from plot 100 – rutabaga, spaghetti squash and some little radishes. Jim rototilled the bed and got it ready for its new owners, our future gardening neighbours Frank, Elizabeth, Jennifer and Gillian.
Plot 99 is put to bed for the winter. Jim spread bark mulch in the centre path, so all of the preparation is done until we put up the fencing next year. To keep down the weeds, we covered one two thirds of one bed with heavy plastic weighted by pavers, and half of the other bed with leaves as mulch. If we have some good weather early in the spring, we are ready to take advantage of it.
It’s been great to share our community garden journey with you through this blog. Thanks especially to everyone who has made comments or stopped by at the garden to chat. Over the winter there will be very few posts. If you would like to be notified by email any time there is a new one, use the email subscription at the right.
Otherwise, we’ll catch you in the spring!
Karen and Jim Bush
I have really enjoyed seeing the activity in your garden and the pictures of the lush vegetables you and Jim have produced, plus the commentaries. 🙂 I shall miss them.
We are fortunate not to have had a frost here in Ontario, but it is time to clean up the veggie gardens for this year. Our flowers are still lovely and my mauve Cleome are exceptionally nice. I really enjoy the fact that they come up from seed each year, a real plus.
The trees are looking quite beautiful with dark reds, yellows intermingled with many shades of green and bronze.
Love mom
I have enjoyed reading your blog and looking at your wonderful photos. Also picked up some pointers.
Sheila
Thankyou, Karen, for such an interesting and beautiful blog this summer! It was great follow along every day.