Garden Update.

Even though it is November I wanted to wrap up the 'garden progress' posts.  Looking back I think the garden was way more successful than I realized or thought at the time.  For two medium sized raised beds we had a ton of produce.  Here is the final harvest when I was clearing out the beds a month or so ago.

3 cucumbers, 1 tomato, 3 carmen peppers, 1 banana pepper- the only banana pepper that plant produced

Green tomatoes that ended up ripening up on the window sill (Don't ever try to juice green tomatoes- it will make you barf- an embarrassing story I'll keep to myself.)  Basil, basil, and more basil.  I dried this in the dehydrator and have been using it in sauces and soups.  More basil has been sprouting out in the beds now.

I saw a YouTube (from Praxxus, I think?) about harvesting your cabbage head and not pulling up the roots.  Using this method you can grow extra heads from the single set of roots.  After a couple weeks of looking very dead, 4 new heads started to sprout.  Since they are cold weather loving I am just leaving them in to continue growing.

In September on our annual flea market trip there was a local landscape company selling different types of apple trees.  Since my end goal is to be able to support us, at least a little bit, with fruits and veggies from our own yard I bought these two trees.  Two apple trees help cross pollinate each other and thus produce better.  We got a granny smith (one of Eric's fav, plus good for baking) and a 'pixie', reportedly a 'explosively crisp, juicy, mouthwatering apple flavor'.  Can't wait to plant these and some day (2-3 years) have our own apples!

Looking forward to expanding the garden and trying different things next year.