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Recently returned from a week long hiking-centric trip to New England. More of mountains and vegan Maine to come.
The garden did quite well. The beds were cleaned up over the weekend and are now ready for a rest. Next year I hope to start earlier and go well into the fall and possibly the winter with some crops.
Despite the blight plaguing much of the area, my tomatoes produced very well, in my opinion. A little more than 5 lbs for my first year doesn't seem bad to me.
Long Island Cheese Squash - my pride and joys, as they should be since they devoured most of the space in the garden with their vigorous vines (next year I will attempt some pruning and better trellising to curb this issue). Two ten pounders, one twelve pounder, one fifteen pounder and a baby for decoration. Don't they resemble wheels of cheese?
A total harvest of about five pounds of carrots. They got very fat but not very long, probably due to the rocky soil we've got here. I didn't dig down very deeply when I constructed this particular bed. Carrots next year will go in my new double dug bed and will perhaps be a bit longer. I was concerned their size would affect their flavor negatively, but they were quite juicy and sweet.
Lastly, despite being in the midst of our semi-famous biannual used book sale here in Ithaca, I had to rush out and buy this one new. Normally I'd be disappointed to discover a cookbook has no photos, but I don't think it will be an issue with The Urban Vegan. The recipe descriptions are enough to entice - I can't wait to dive in!
Recently returned from a week long hiking-centric trip to New England. More of mountains and vegan Maine to come.
The garden did quite well. The beds were cleaned up over the weekend and are now ready for a rest. Next year I hope to start earlier and go well into the fall and possibly the winter with some crops.Despite the blight plaguing much of the area, my tomatoes produced very well, in my opinion. A little more than 5 lbs for my first year doesn't seem bad to me.
Long Island Cheese Squash - my pride and joys, as they should be since they devoured most of the space in the garden with their vigorous vines (next year I will attempt some pruning and better trellising to curb this issue). Two ten pounders, one twelve pounder, one fifteen pounder and a baby for decoration. Don't they resemble wheels of cheese?
A total harvest of about five pounds of carrots. They got very fat but not very long, probably due to the rocky soil we've got here. I didn't dig down very deeply when I constructed this particular bed. Carrots next year will go in my new double dug bed and will perhaps be a bit longer. I was concerned their size would affect their flavor negatively, but they were quite juicy and sweet.
Lastly, despite being in the midst of our semi-famous biannual used book sale here in Ithaca, I had to rush out and buy this one new. Normally I'd be disappointed to discover a cookbook has no photos, but I don't think it will be an issue with The Urban Vegan. The recipe descriptions are enough to entice - I can't wait to dive in!
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I would say your garden did very well. I love the cheese squash, and I love the short fat carrots. I always look for that kind so I can cut them into shapes.
Have fun with the new cookbook!
my carrots turned out stubby like that too, and they were in buckets of potting soil (due to the marauding critters last year). You got way more squash than me!!
Your tomatoes look great! We definitely lost the fight to blight this year. Oh, and I love the Urban Vegan book so much!
Where did you go in Maine?
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