Fall update

I was not as faithful in posting as the end of summer came near and I don't have pictures to share but I wanted to document how things went.

The garden at my house was mostly a failure.  Tomatoes and peppers didn't grow well in my topsy turveys.  The cucumbers, squash and zucchini did even worse.  I really just need to give up trying to grow vegetables here with the exception of lettuce and collard greens.

My rosemary, sage, and thyme plants are thriving.  I have learned they really benefit from a trimming every so often.

My rose plant looks pretty sad but I expect now that it is inside it will thrive again.  I'm not sure why that is but it has been true the last two years.  Before that it loved the outdoors.

My lemon tree looks beautiful and has four lemons on it!  Two are full grown size and just starting to turn yellow.  The other two just stated and are on the same branch so I know if I want them to grow well I have to sacrifice one.  I brought all three of my trees (avocado, orange, and lemon) in last night and am glad I did.  Not very far away I saw patchy frost.

We had much more success at my dad's garden.  We planted two eggplants and had more eggplant than we could eat.  We will probably skip this next year.  We planted 6 tomato plants which produced a lot of tomatoes!  We need to make sure they are all supported well next year as the plants that hung to the ground had rotten food.

I believe we planted 6 each of broccoli and brussels sprouts and both did so well but were a little crowded.  We should maybe stick to four of each.  We still haven't harvested the brussels sprouts.  I can't wait to see how they taste.

The carrots and radishes got overshadowed by beans so we will have to plan differently.

The hot pepper plants I planted did quite well.   I need to dry peppers now.

We planted garlic a few weeks ago in a new raised bed and were shocked when it sprouted and pushed through 4-5" mulch!

I'm sure I'm missing something but wanted to update while I was thinking of it.