Back Garden Update-August

We will start with the grapevine area. I had taken off several leaves that just didn't look good and may need to do so again soon. We will be moving this guy to another space before next year. We will put up a nice support so he can grow better. This year, though he has just been growing all willy nilly. 

If you look close you will see his friends Mr. Pumpkin and beans. There is also a little new pumpkin growing away on the sidewalk. 

Then we have the bed that is ready for Fall. I put a few transplants in that we had started from seeds. We also have an onion in there that sprouted in the onion drawer. Some of the transplants didn't make it. 

That is ok. We have more that we can stick in once they get bigger.

We have a lot of lettuce plants growing. The plan is to let them get bigger and then move them to the corn and beans bed once it is cleared.

We have a lot of beets started that we need to transplant into pots soon. They will grow there because we haven't had good success with in the ground beets. If the tomato plant in the side bed planter ever gives up they will go there since it is big enough to be a home for them all and easy to cover. 

There are a few spinach plants growing. We have added a few more seeds to the pot in the hope that we get more. They will later go with the lettuce in the corn and beans area. We just put out some kale seeds which will also go there. We are hoping to put a few of each and see how long they survive the winter as it is a small space that will be easy to cover when it gets cold. 

You can see the pumpkin vines that are growing in the pathway. Once the little guy finishes up we plan to pull these up.

Now to the corn. And beans. As you can see the corn is pretty much done but some beans live on. We hope we can pull it all up soon to make way for fall, but it has been a joy letting Emmalee pick beans from the porch. 

We hope you enjoyed this little update. We will do a new round of updates once we get things switched over for Fall. If the garden continues producing well we may have one more round of harvests to show. 

Happy gardening everyone!