As this year’s garden season comes to a close, I find there are several things I hope we do differently next year. Here are our goals for next summer.
Check for ripe produce more regularly. This year so many strawberries rotted on the vine because we didn’t harvest as frequently as we needed to.
Fertilize early in the season and re-fertilize often. Our tomato plants were especially slow to grow until we buried them in a bag of composted manure and then they flourished. Next year I shall do this in June instead of September.
Install an automated watering system, even if it’s just a sprinkler on a timer. Oh, the time we’ll save!
Be more proactive about checking for (and, dare I say it, disposing of!) critters. Remember our tree collard? We knew something was nibbling on it, but it took us two weeks to figure it out. Yesterday we found three very fat caterpillars munching away. Will the kale recover? Oh, how I hope so. Stay tuned.
And, yes, it’s the end of October and we still have strawberry plants flowering, tomatoes growing, and flowers blooming here in Sonoma County. Love California living!
Loved your goals! Your garden still looks great!!