Gardening is in my Roots, Fall Edition

 

This is the “after” picture. I never thought to take a “before”. The dead stuff and Johnson grass and ragweeds taller than my head—not to mention the okra taller than the ragweed—kept nagging at me until I finally spent a week or so with the digging fork, shovel and hoe and got it under control.

The lovely turnips (and collards and radishes) were planted back in September. 

 

                                                     Turnip tops--> 

Collard Greens

 

 

 

And the garlic was planted when I discovered the row from last year that had been buried in the undergrowth. When I dug it up, some of it had started to sprout so I just separated the bulbs and replanted it. I still have a lot left—maybe I’ll slip another dozen or so into the ground tomorrow.

Garlic 

 

I also planted broccoli, spinach and lettuce but it doesn’t appear to be sprouting. I’ll keep my hopes up.

 

 

 

 

 

A sweet potato that I failed to dig up last year has persisted through the summer, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the other green stuff is horseradish, which planted itself several years ago and sends up leaves in the spring. 

 

 

 And every year at the appropriate time I get a huge sprouting of okra, cilantro, and arugula that I planted years ago. The okra and cilantro come up in the garden beds, but for reason unknown the arugula has been gradually moving itself north toward the compost pile.

 

 

 

and, in the barn, a tiny toad lurks...