The Garden Wind-Down

After all the hard work of planting, weeding, and waiting, the harvest came in a rush, and now after a heavy early frost, the garden is completely levelled and ready to be prepared for another year. Fortunately I got the main things off before the frost, tomatoes and my last zucchini. I figured the roots would be ok in the ground, so I left them (aside from my potatoes which I harvested). I left the cabbage, the vines and the beans. My beans were turned completely to slime, and some of my squash and pumpkins even took a hit, with freeze marks on the top side. I didn't get my apples picked in time, but they don't look to have suffered any. I picked them just after the frost, in case we get another frost - I wont risk it. Overall, production was good (considering the limited amount of time I put in) and we have a good store of food in for the winter. Now all I can think about is garden expansion plans...

 One and only eggplant

 Spartan Apples

 Harvested 1 bushel of potatoes off the new garden (see post on double digging!)

 My seed zucchini

 Kidney beans drying

 The frost damaged garden

 Again - more frost damage

 My bountiful squash harvest