Monday 4 October 2021
Red winter onion and garlic in the MM-Airbak
Spider's web in the mist
Another zucchini
Tons of raspberries on 1 branch
Cleaning up here and there
An MM-Muts over my MM-Hero garden box
Sunflowers can still bloom in October
Fall: what can you still do in your vegetable garden?
Today I'll take you through updates and tips for fall, what plants can and can't handle the cold, and what you can still sow now.
We'll plant some garlic too - it's a great vegetable for this month.
We'll plant some garlic too - it's a great vegetable for this month.
Yup, summer's over.
Nice weather today. But, the really nice weather is done for the year.
Here in Groningen, it's been raining buckets lately and the next 2 weeks it won't get much better. Real autumn.
Oh well, that has its charms:
Here in Groningen, it's been raining buckets lately and the next 2 weeks it won't get much better. Real autumn.
Oh well, that has its charms:
It doesn't affect the harvest, which is still huge thanks to the mild summer we had.
And what do you think of my raspberries?
You can imagine how many we pick a day. And by the looks of it, this plant will keep it up for a while 😀
But you can tell it's fall now. Leaves are turning brown and falling off, and some plants will die soon. That's just nature at work.
I've already started tidying up a bit:
But you can tell it's fall now. Leaves are turning brown and falling off, and some plants will die soon. That's just nature at work.
I've already started tidying up a bit:
The garden boxes are far from empty though. I'll show you which vegetables you can leave for a long time and which you should harvest now:
Which vegetables do well in cold weather?
Which vegetables do well in cold weather?
What can you still sow?
Officially you can't sow much of anything in October: the Planty Gardening app only gives you a few options.
But the weather doesn't know that. It does what it wants. It could stay warm enough for some of the September plants.
So, I still sow a few things. And I cheat a little, by using a crop cover:
But the weather doesn't know that. It does what it wants. It could stay warm enough for some of the September plants.
So, I still sow a few things. And I cheat a little, by using a crop cover:
That was it for today
Let's hope the weather is decent and you can go out into your garden a lot. Beautiful sunny fall days: what could be better?
Even on cloudy days, we still get some sun:
Even on cloudy days, we still get some sun:
For now, I wish you a wonderful fall.
In the next email - around the end of October - I'll show you how to prepare your Planty Garden for winter.
See you then!
In the next email - around the end of October - I'll show you how to prepare your Planty Garden for winter.
See you then!
