There were some successes; mostly the cool weather crops such as: onions, chard, carrots, parsley, radishes, beans, peas, kale and lettuce. The raspberries and apples this year were incredible. On the other hand, there were entire crops that failed completely: cauliflower, broccoli, eggplants, cucumbers, pumpkins, and winter squash. Of course, we cannot forget the moderate growers: tomatoes, beets, brussels sprouts, basil, zucchini and cabbage. I am honestly glad to be wrapping up the gardening season. I have been tending to plants in some form or another since February and I am ready for a break.
That said, we ended the 2019 season with a bang. Our final CSA basket (good old #16) included: swiss chard, flat leaf and curly parsley, carrots, jalapeños, yellow wax peppers, a thai dragon pepper, sweet chocolate peppers, a red cabbage, a chinese cabbage, tomatoes, brussels sprouts, yellow beans, red radishes, beets, turnips, sweet basil, licorice basil, green leaf lettuce, endive, spinach, apple mint, chocolate mint, kale, yellow zucchini, red onions, oregano, sage, pineapple sage, lavender, summer savory, garlic chives, wine grapes, and a dozen farm fresh eggs.
Our CSA families were given a choice of their bonus item this week. One family picked mango kombucha. Meanwhile, the other chose a jar of raspberry jam.
From apples to zucchini, our 2019 crop was a job well done. All that is left to do is wait for the first solid frost to clean out the gardens (except for the frost hardy fall vegetables) and get the beds ready for spring of 2020.
With all the free time on my hands now that the garden is wrapping up, I finally got to some indoor alphabetizing - of our entire library. It feels so good to have reclaimed some bookcases from the onslaught of toys and get my house in order - literally.
Gael Glen Farm's library is back and open for business. No kidding, we love sharing our books - as long as they are returned on time! Late fines must be paid in manual labour.
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