Broccoli

Here it goes!

Fishy

I bought some Neptune's Harvest fish & seaweed fertilizer to try. Applied the first feeding today on almost everything in the garden (minus lettuce, spinach, tatsoi).  I'll get the spinach and tatsoi next time.  It smells like a pond full of bream out there now.  :)

I've been too busy to do much with the garden the past few weeks, but the newly planted lettuce, spinach, and beets are up. Whether or not they stay up...

The cauliflower and broccoli are doing well. I still cover the cauliflower most days so the fabric catches enough dew & rain to satisfy all watering needs.

Cauliflower with some tiny rainbow chard.

I think this broccoli plant is starting to form a head! I didn't notice at the time.

This is my best looking collard plant. Maybe it will grow more once it stays cooler...

OK for a good comparison of the raised bed vs containers... here are my two large cabbage plants in containers doing well so far, and above & below the sprinkler head are two puny raised bed cabbages. They are the same age from the same batch of transplants, watered the same, fertilized the same. The only difference I can think of is the soil.  I hate to say it, but Miracle Grow Potting Soil seems to win.  It must balance moisture retention/draining needs of the plants better, despite the "tried and true" raised bed soil recipe I saw everywhere when planning my garden.

Finally, the lettuce transplants are BEAUTIFUL, and I hope my tatsoi gets a move on.

Come on, tatsoi! Oh well, it likes cold weather.

Replant A Few

Taking advantage of a few days of drying off, I planted some more lettuce, spinach (which failed before), and beets (also failed).  I'm curious to see how the lettuce does in the raised bed vs the pallet bed.

Lettuce in the middle two squares and beets back in the square near the orange bucket.

Spinach on the far top row and then lettuces for the rest.

The BT seems to be doing the job of killing worms/caterpillars.  The kale and tatsoi seem much improved.

I've enjoyed watching the cabbages grow, and the lettuce in the container is doing well. I may harvest a bit of the lettuce soon.

 You can compare the cabbages in the containers vs the ones in the raised beds in the first picture on this post... the raised beds so far have really under-performed. The only thing I can think of is the soil.

Anoley

Anole in the cabbage.

"Not Spring" Onions

The bunching onions have been doing well in the carrot tub. I've pulled a couple for cooking already.

It's back into the 80s today, but a cold front is moving through tomorrow.

Damp

It finally rained a few inches over the weekend and into Monday. The sun finally came back out today, and temps have fallen enough to open the windows. It should dip into the 40s this weekend, too.

I applied another spray of BT on the plants on Tuesday when threat of rain was over. Think it is working.

Here's one of the Brussels sprouts.

BT

I applied BT to the plants today. Hopefully it will take care of the worms that are eating them. I tried the liquid concentrate for the first time and also did a bit more dusting w/ the powder. It's the most recommended treatment, and it is organic.

Brussels

I got a couple of Brussels sprouts plants from the online market. I am trying one in the bed and one in a large pot. Everything in pots seems to be doing better. It is different soil (mostly Miracle Grow potting mix, boringly enough), but that is the only difference I can think of. Why isn't the soil in the raised bed good when it was a recipe recommended over and over?

Bugs are eating plants here and there. Squirrels may be what decimated my speckled trout back lettuce. I wish it would turn cool and calm the bugs down a bit. 89 degrees in November... horrible.

Finally

Getting much needed rain this evening. It is still unseasonably warm, but I'll take what I can get.

The first radishes are big enough to harvest. If only I liked radishes, haha.