Well, we survived August.
For us August wasn’t as bad as August was for countless others affected by the fires across the globe. Thankfully the closest fire to us was over 60km away.
It was also not as hot as previous Augusts have been. Just a few 30+ days. It was just as dry though. Ninety days without a drop has become the norm around here in summer. The extra rain cistern we added for the garden proved to be a very good idea.
Speaking of gardens I pulled the last of it out today. Onions were successful if a bit on the small side. No rot or worms so a thumbs up in my books. I’ll add them to my plant list for next year.
Peas without trellising – mixed. Great production. Yummy flavour. More difficult to harvest (duh).
Beans – Incredible! The MacKenzie Heirloom Stringless were a marvel. Great production and great flavour. Four successive flowering meant fresh garden beans the whole summer. The Blue Lake also produced well and had a second flowering by no where near as bountiful as the Heirloom and you had to catch them early as they got woody fast.
Leeks from seed were a total bust. I ended up with a row of grass.
Butter lettuce was also excellent. I will do that next year too. Potatoes in bags did poorer than last year. I think I will create a new bed for them instead of bags.
Tomatoes continue to elude me. We will start the seeds earlier next year and I think I will tent the transplants longer. I suspect cold shock they don’t recover from. We are going to give up completely on peppers. They don’t grow well and since we no longer make salsa we don’t eat enough for me to even want to try to figure them out.
Now I can focus on fall lawn reparations. The hounds destroyed it over the summer and we have a big dusty yard. I should be looking at fall rains and still warm weather so I will reseed (again) and hope some takes before the December snows.
That’s for another day. Today I will relax and recover from the last of the cold I got travelling the last couple weeks. Every time I go near an airport I catch something. I think driving back to the prairies will be the future preferred practice.
My Elysium 