Month: September 2021

A chill…

Whelp, it’s getting down below 50 tonight, so I pulled all the good sized tomatoes and peppers. They’re going in ripening boxes in my office for the time being.

This was an awesome tomato year. I had more slicing tomatoes than ever, tons of sungold from my sungold tree, and a metric ton of novas. The beaver lodge got sad looking, and did best in a container, but I liked that it ripened earliest. (Maybe just one in a a big pot next year?)

The peppers did relatively well- but they stayed small and didn’t redden.

Grapes

I cut back the grapes today, while we were harvesting, but it’s probably too early, and I definitely went too crazy with it.

Found a good reference for pruning next year

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https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/ec1639.pd

Basically, each year you choose one fruiting cane to use as the new feeder for the next year. Looks like pruning should be done in the C winter when the leaves are gone, and finished up in the spring.

Still giving

Good haul today- tomatoes are still looking ok- we might have some cool weather coming up, so I’ll keep an eye on them. (I’m pulling the tomatoes early to ripen inside, anything orange).

The jalapeños never got very big, but they look plump and healthy. I’ll need to remember to pull them before a cold snap.

Look at this enormous marigold! It’s from whatever seeds I sprinkled last year at the base of the rocks.

Squash are getting powdery mildew. Happens every year. Delicata look established, which is good. Prolly have another week or so of summer squash.

The okra is still going!

Peas, kale, and favas are getting started.

Looks like it’s almost grape time- we’re going to make jelly this year.