FALL IS FAST APPROACHING

 

I have to tell you I am looking forward to Fall. I will miss my veggie garden. I did learn a lot this year about container gardening. Here, in Maine, on the island, we do not have any soil depth. Maintaining a garden is very difficult and starts with planting. 

Next spring I will be prepared. I have all the containers that I will need and my seeds. I will be getting the soil in the next week or so. This weekend I planted all my herbs for inside this winter and I found the perfect ladder-type shelving for them. So far I have Woolly Thyme, Cilantro, Sage, Oregano, Lemon Verbena, and Rosemary. I have a couple more to add :)

My Eggplants and Green Pepper are still producing though I have moved them onto the sheltered porch. I am debating about moving them inside, I think that will depend on how many fruits are still maturing.  Has anyone ever tried this? Keeping the plants going all winter?

It might be fun to try.

I hope you are all well and staying safe.

Lily

SUMMER and ALL IT'S GLORY

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I have to say I am enjoying this summer more than I have any for a long time. Maybe it is being home in Maine or I just enjoy the garden I am growing.

I think I am taking lesson from our characters in the series, only my garden is all container gardening. I used everything I could find to grow the veggies. You see we sit of a cliff, so no depth to the soil. The plants hit some snags to start, even a late frost that wiped it all out. Everything finally took on the third try and now they are growing like crazy.

My main goal is tomatoes, I would like to can some for this winter. Unfortunately, the garden is about a month behind so I am not expecting a lot from the squash end of things. But the tomatoes are great and I should get a good harvest of them. 

One big surprise are my eggplants, they are now growing like crazy. I do love to watch this fruit grow they are beautiful plants and to see those globes form is fascinating to me. I do hope, if you have a garden, that it too is doing well.

Next year I want to expand as well as delete many of the plantings. I hope we can start exchanging recipes.

Lily

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