My fall garden is winding down, and I am looking forward to saving seeds from what I planted back in October. Above is Matador Spinach. It tastes wonderful, but it got a bit yellowed around the leaf edges. Next year I will try planting it in a more shady spot.
I dedicated an entire raised bed to this Parris Island Cos Romaine Lettuce. This one was a real winner.
This is my second year growing this Yugoslavian heirloom red lettuce. It is extremely tasty.
This is sword leaf lettuce. The flavor is a bit stronger than the Romaine or the Yugoslavian lettuces, but I really like the leaf shape. The Sword leaf lettuce and Yugoslavian lettuce were having a hard time in the full sun until I threw up the shade cloth behind them a couple weeks ago.
Lutz Salad beets. Nice texture and color in the leaves for salad. The leaf miners have absolutely no interest in these which is a bonus.
My Lacinato Kale from 2 Octobers ago still hasn't flowered. I wonder if it will flower for me this year.
I thought I planted corn salad in this spot, but I guess this is a purple Pak Choi. I have no idea where I got these seeds. All the purple Pak Choi I have seen online is Hybrid, so I am thinking to yank these for the compost and put a tomato in their place.
This is the 3rd year I've grown seed saved from a brocoli Moira planted with her homeschool group. I left the largest brocoli head for our baby sitter and the girls when I went out of town last month, but no one harvested it so it had bolted by the time I came home. That's ok because there will be lots of seeds to share from this plant.
Still harvesting Calendula....
...and I'm hoping to get at least a few chamomile flowers before it gets much hotter here. It's been a very warm winter.
Here's a bit of what's on deck for my spring and summer garden...
I always have to keep at least one Perilla plant going in my garden, though they would like to completely take over.
Black Krim Tomatos are waiting for space in the raised bed. I also have Ceylon Tomatoes and Costoluto Genovese Tomatoes about this size at home.
The plants are growing fast and so are the chickens. I will post more pictures of our teen aged hens to share soon.
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