fall cleanup has started in my garden. time to pull the weeds that made it thru the straw mulch(mostly dog gone crab grass). the corn is done and didnt do too well due to the dry conditions we had even though i was bottom irrigating a little.(not as much as was needed though but was trying to conserve my well water along with watering my bermuda seed in the back yard). i did harvest enough to finish filling my vegetable freezer. im removing the stalks (plus the other vegetable matter) this year as there is some fungus and mold but i try mow it for the organic matter plus i want a fresh pallete for the barley/winter pea cover crop by labor day.
im still harvesting some descent tomatoes, okra and bell peppers and when those rows are done i will sow a few winter greens. the cayenne and jalepenos didnt do too well in the spot that i planted them this year but picked enough for some candied jalepeno slices and vinegar pickled pepper sauce for turnip greens. canned 10 pints of pickled okra too. ooom ooom good.
