The last quadrant of the garden, all planted except for one last row. Help us decide what to plant!

For the first time ever, we’ve planted the entire garden! This may not seem like a huge accomplishment, but it’s something that we’ve never, in the five years that we’ve lived on our farm, been able to manage. We always seem to leave a few rows unplanted or overgrown–I call them “Snake Hollows” because they act as a wildlife refuge–and by this time in the season we’ve usually given up on reclaiming them. But as of last weekend, we have everything in, from the leafy potatoes to the creeping squashes to the new, spindly peppers (we don’t have much hope that they’ll be productive, but we’re trying). Everything, that is, except for one final row, sandwiched between the newly planted bok choy and carrots. Any suggestions on what we should plant? Here’s some of what we’ve got for leftover seed, help us choose!

• Another round of radishes
• Broccoli
• Broccoli Raab
• More carrots
• More bush beans
• More beets
• Another round of arugula

Check in on Monday to find out what wins the row!

Garden Garden, planting

Beatrice rearranges cloves of garlic in our planted row, while Margaret and Charlotte break up another head.

We grew onions and garlic in the garden for the first time this year. Partly, we were tired of making delicious meals where everything would be from the farm except the onion or garlic (we’re still working on the olive oil problem), and partly we were just eager to try something new. The garlic did great, and the onions did even better. We didn’t harvest enough to last us deep into the winter, but hopefully they will at least last us until Hanukkah, so that our Ten Apple Latkes will have both potato and onion from the garden.

Usually we’re feeling pretty over the garden at this point in the year. Except for the kale, some cabbages, and the potatoes that are still in the ground, we’ve moved on to poultry processing and getting the barn ready for winter. But we’ve been thinking more about fall plantings for the spring, and in that spirit decided to try planting garlic in autumn for the first time. Check back 6 months from now to see how it turns out.

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Garden fall, Garden, garlic, planting, spring