Labor Day has passed and there are signs of fall everywhere. The leaves are changing, the nights are colder, and it won’t be long before frost touches the valleys and hilltops of Vermont.
My garden did very well in some areas and not so well in others. We had a rather hot and dry summer, which is unusual for our area. My leeks did amazing well, soon I will be pulling and slicing them to put in the freezer.
The lettuce has preformed well all summer, we’ve enjoyed garden lettuce form the earliest days of spring right into the summer’s end.
Our corn did not do well at all; the summer was just too dry.
However the pumpkins did well and I will have plenty of pumpkins for soup, bread and pies.
The pole beans did well; I love the pattern of these Rattlesnake Beans. They are so pretty against the green foliage.
Kale did very well and continues to grow. I have picked and harvested and frozen kale and still it grows!
I’m always sorry to see summer come to an end but I do look forward to the slower pace of winter. It won’t be long before the new seed catalogs arrive and I begin to plan the garden for next summer.
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