Oct. Wk 2, 10th - 16th

Temperature Range:

• lows: 46 - 60
• highs: 70 - 82

Rainfall: sprinkle

Harvested:

• last of black turtle beans
• state 1/2 runner bush beans
• last buttercup squash
• Swiss chard
• zucchini
• sweet pepper
• sweet basil
• dill seed

Preserved:

• froze 4 quarts potato soup
• 13 quarts canned sweet potatoes
• froze 2 doz. eggs
• froze sweet pepper, both green & ripe
• dehydrated bananas (store bought)

Accomplished:

• shelled beans for seed & soup
• finished pulling black turtle bean plants & buttercup squash vines
• watered fall garden
• pulled out blackberry vines & as many weeds going to seed as possible
• husked amaranth & stored in trash cans for chicken feed
• pulled out okra plants
• cleaned out chicken coop & spread litter lower 1/2 of garden

To Do:

• finish goat fencing
• finish organizing 2010 saved seeds
• thin beets
• thin turnips
• thin carrots
• finish harvesting bush bean seeds
• till
• re-pot aloe vera