Unless you’re a dog girl or guy who also likes to garden, feel free to ignore us today … because we’re going Entirely Off Topic. Here’s a quick overview of our high-altitude gardening successes and failures this year.
We’re also still getting a strong crop of kale from inside the greenhouse. I’ll keep it alive in there as long as I can, but temps are getting pretty low at night.
Love it! So, what did you have enough success with that you’ll try again? What will you skip next year?
I will definitely try the straw bale again, Kris, but I’m doing to start earlier, using walls of water. I’m still trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t in the greenhouse. I do really well with kale, and I love it, so that’s a definite. We’ll just see about the rest.
Well, that is still more than I grew this year – nice work!
That is the cutest cucumber ever! I don’t think that I have seen such a tiny one. Did it at least taste good?
@Karen … it tasted like a normal cucumber, but the texture was a little weird. More rubbery than crisp.
Hi Y’all,
It’s difficult to grow anything in short growing a short growing season.
BrownDog’s Human
Cutest cucumber ever.
What’s okra? Never heard of it!
You most often see okra in southern cooking. I think it grows MUCH better in warm, wet climates. Here is a little link with details about okra. I was surprised how pretty the flowers are before the veggies form.
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/month/okra.html
You made me appreciate my tiny urban raised bed. We’re much more sheltered from frost and I’m still getting tomatoes.
I’m impressed by your peppers. They don’t like me much.
Isn’t it easy to eat well in the summer when you have such nice stuff coming out of your garden?
Dogs and gardening, what more could a person ask for? I’m impressed with the pepper yield. Mine were slow on the draw and I brought in two small green peppers when it appeared my garden was going to be taken over by frost. My cucumber plants died. I think it was mildew that got them from all the rain. That took out my zuccini plant too. Who in the world can’t grow zuccini?! Obviously, me.
I only had one cuke this year and it was about the same size as yours.
My yield (from 4 tomato plants!) was about 12 cherry tomatoes and 1 regular tomato. The peppers never grew. My garden failed miserably this year and the frost came about 2 weeks ago.
I WILL get that greenhouse built for next year!
Keep trying with the cuke. That was what it was like the first year I tried to grow them. We did have moderate success this year.
You can make a green smoothie with the kale. Do you have a blender?
We do have a blender (and a juicer), Alexandra. I might resort to that if weather forces me to pick a lot of kale at once. For now, we’re picking just what we need each night for a salad with dinner. It’s awesome raw. But, I also like to work it into soups / stews.
Ah, makes me wish I had a greenhouse! Good job on the veggies 🙂
Thanks, Tamara. It took a lot of trial and ERROR to get anything. Many things still failed miserably, like cabbage and most of the other squashes.
Oh my, that tiny cuke is just adorable. To grow any cuke, not to mention all of your other bounty, in a greenhouse is just amazing.
You’re too kind, Jane. That sad little, solo cucumber seemed SO pathetic to me.