Happy New Year!
Speaking of food. I am harvesting apples from my tree, enjoying the last of the summer basil, parsley and squash, and mourning the premature demise of my tomatoes. Oh, and my June/September raspberries actually produced berries in June and September, as promised. Give some thought now to what actually worked in the garden, food-wise, and what you’d like to try next year. I have once again resolved to give up on tomatoes and let the nice people at the farmers’ markets grow them for me, but I will be using next year’s straw bale garden to grow more annual herbs. And yellow pattypan squash, which we’ve been adding to just about everything we cook. But I think the time and energy I’ve devoted to tomatoes might be better spent on something else. Strawberries, perhaps?
Bareroot season will be here in January. That’s the time to plant fruit trees, berry vines, asparagus and artichokes. So clear a space and make a plan. It’s a new year.
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