Weather: September daytime temperatures started at 70-90F and ended at 60-70F. Night time temperatures started at 60-70F then ended at 40-50F. So warm weather crops like beans, cucumbers, ground cherries, tomatoes, basil, and marigolds in open garden got frosted.
Planted 9/16/23 and most came up by 9/21/23: Mustard market mix, bok choy, giant winter spinach, arugula (astro, esmee, common ), romaine lettuce (freckles, rouge d'hiver, parris island, jericho, winter density) easter egg II radish, swiss chard, corn salad green full heart, avona.
Lot of flowers, Alyssum, basil, marigolds, poppies, tall pink sedums...
Harvest: lots of greens, cooked and froze buckets of Kale, mustard, and swiss chard. Pretty many roots. Some beans. Sunflowers pretty much done. Tried drying flower heads in garage but still too humid this month. Pretty many raspberries and tomatoes. A few tomatillos and ground cherries. Some peppers. Some cilantro. Lots of cukes. Foraged crabapples.
Moved rhubarb from southwest corner to west patio fence. Moved black raspberries from west side of southwest corner to southside. Planted blueberries bushes in front garden next to northeast stoop.
Birds really like the sunflower heads. Saw bluejays, cardinals, woodpeckers, sparrows....
Everything is growing well. Ruby Orache grew very tall. Although cucumbers got frosted this month. Moved basil and fenugreek into patio coldframe.
