My garden

[chills]

so nice and clean .. i love the colors too, the purple in the leaves .. what is that plant? cabbage or broccoli?
can i ask how you water, just by rain?
also by 'mulched leaves' do you compost them, or do they sit in a pile alone? i just bagged 2 bags today to try this

http://www.rainyside.com/resources/LeafMould.html

is that basically what you used?

to many questions? thank you for sharing!

 

[Rio_Lindo_AZ]

Your garden looks great!

 

[Southern Gardener]

so nice and clean .. i love the colors too, the purple in the leaves .. what is that plant? cabbage or broccoli?
can i ask how you water, just by rain?
also by 'mulched leaves' do you compost them, or do they sit in a pile alone? i just bagged 2 bags today to try this

http://www.rainyside.com/resources/LeafMould.html

is that basically what you used?

to many questions? thank you for sharing!

the first plant is purple cabbage, second is broccoli. Lately mother nature has taken care of the watering - and a little too much I might ad. Rain today and the rest of the week.

As for leaves,I save all from my yard and collect some from my dads place too. I have a blower/mulcher that I use to shred the leaves and put them in a bin by my compost. I use them all year for the composter and mulching my flower beds and the veggie garden. I guess you can use the plastic bag method, but the leaves are going to break down in the garden anyway.

good luck!

 

[HiDelight]

that is one bad thing about living in the "Evergreen State" I lack leaves!

 

[Southern Gardener]

I love it when the leaves start falling and the pines shed their needles - it's a true sign cooler weather is on the way!

 

[injunjoe]

 

[Lavender2]

Great looking garden, Joan! I envy your long growing season.
Newspaper - leaf mold mulch is the best! I've done it in my vege garden for years. No weeds, great for the soil! I pile up the leaves, throw in a few grass clippings and let them sit til spring.

Cute tree, Joe. I think I could really like fall... if I could get through it without thinking about what comes next!

 

[obsessed]

Your garden looks amazing. I so envious of your veggies. You should have a nice harvest. Did you have any problems with something eating your beets? Mine got destroyed so I pulled them.

 

[Southern Gardener]

Your garden looks amazing. I so envious of your veggies. You should have a nice harvest. Did you have any problems with something eating your beets? Mine got destroyed so I pulled them.

Not my beets, but the cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and collards. I tried DE first and that didn't work so I used just a sprinkle of Sevin and that seems to have stopped them.

 

[nittygrittydirtdigger]

"that is one bad thing about living in the "Evergreen State" I lack leaves!"

HiDelight....I live in SE Washington. We bought a property where one entire property line, about a thousand feet, is lined with aging Lombardy Poplars. I'm tellin' ya.....I got leaves!