This has been a hard summer for my garden, can only blame it on neglect. Neglect on my part. We’ve been away too many weekends this summer and you can tell when you look at my garden. I mentioned before that we were transitioning to raised beds. I was thinking of all the benefits of raised beds and did not consider the negative aspects. Number one being they need more water! Our soil is rather sandy and even with the addition of compost the soil tends to dry out. Having the garden beds raised seems to help the soil dry out even more. For next year I will have to make sure I have a better supply of compost in each bed and water regularly. I also muck the beds which does help but the tomatoes and peppers would definitely appreciate a constant supply of water!
Despite the time away from the garden I am being rewarded with an abundance of blueberries. We have early, mid and late season bushes so once the blueberries start producing we will have blueberries until our first frost! Sounds more impressive than it is as our first frost often comes in September! I do love walking out to the garden each day and picking blueberries!
The beans are just coming in and it looks like we will have a good harvest.
Here is a prime example of garden neglect, can you see the weeds? If you look carefully you can also see the carrots coming along.
I planted a few leeks which usually do well in my garden. I’ve grown so many in the past I have learned you can freeze them and dehydrate them! I am looking forward to this year’s harvest.
There are also a few beets coming along.
There is also the promise of tomatoes! I’ve just harvested my first few tomatoes this week. There are quite a few green tomatoes coming along.
August is my favorite month, I love the warm, sunny days and the cool nights. It’s a bittersweet time of year as you know fall is coming all too soon. For now I will enjoy my garden and the flowers!
What’s going on in your garden this month?
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