It's that time of year, once again. Most of the garden is done except beets and a few carrots. Now that it is officially colder it was time to pull out all the plants and prepare the beds for the winter.
Mika was on hand to assist in digging up the potatoes out of the large, raised bed. I had planted the purple variety of sweet potatoes for the first time, and it will be the last. I had vines growing everywhere and only got a few decent potatoes from them.
Mika went off with one of the small roots and enjoyed having a treat after helping with the digging.
I only had two turnips that actually grew amongst the vines. They were a decent size considering.
I put down a layer of shredded egg cartons before the manure was spread.
Hubby goes to a nearby horse farm and fills these tubs for me every fall. He usually makes three trips in all; that is enough to put a nice layer on top of all the gardens.
We managed to get half of the vegetable gardens done before the rain started. Hubby will make a third trip this week when the rain stops and we will do the butterfly gardens and the raspberry bed. This part of prepping will be done and lastly, we will put on a layer of ground up leaves to mulch for the winter.
It is hard to believe that it is the middle of October already and the leaves are falling quickly from the trees. The foilage has been more yellow and brown with little red this fall. I think the leaves have already reached their peak colors too.
I imagine many of you are doing the same as myself and preparing your gardens for the season. Then again, many of you are just starting yours and I wish you a bountiful harvest.
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