Fri, 30 Nov 2007

Garden experiment success
I love the fall veggie garden in Austin. I always plant beans, cukes, and some flowers on Labor Day. This year things were really hot in september so the beans did great. I also planted cool season greens in September Now that the weather has cooled my greens are perking up. They looked horrible for the first month they were in. They got eaten by snails and wilted in the heat. I should have waited to plant them until October, but I got the plants for free early in September and I was tired of watering them twice a day in their tiny pots! This year I had little time or energy to turn the garden over or even to mulch it. I planted my seeds and transplants at night! I let the weeds grow. I watered during the hot times and watched them get munched on. I still haven't mulched the garden. It still looks ok, I am glad I did it. I hope that other gardeners out there will think about taking the same route with their gardens, and not worry too much about getting it all perfect. It has been fun for me, and now that I have more free time I will put come compost and mulch around the greens, then they will really take off! THe best part- I have cosmos blooming out there that I can see from my bathroom window when I brush my teeth in the morning. They are gorgeous and bloomed with nothing but neglect from me.


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