Last night I was moving around our oscillating sprinkler in the front yard watering what little grass we have left when it struck me.
I walked out onto the grass into the moonlight, leaves crunching underfoot, the smell of smoke in the air. Woodsmoke? Grass fire? I dunno. But whatever it was, I knew it. Fall is here. She visited recently, but has now made her presence known.
In true Fall style, today we took out the popcorn stalks.
You may recall, they looked like this (only more dead now):
Haul
Chris shucking the popcorn ears
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After shucking
Because this raised bed has been home to tomatoes, garlic, and then corn in the last 12 months, I think it needs needs a season off. So we busted out the cover crops: fava beans and clover.
After sprinkling a little powdered kelp on the soil to feed the critters (aside: does anyone else love the smell of kelp? ahhhh), I spread clover seed and pushed a zillion fava beans into the soil. Hopefully the raccoons don't steal all the fava beans like they did last year. There seems to be nothing more attractive to a raccoon than freshly planted beds. Thankfully, my ghetto raccoon proofing has helped this summer.
I've been looking forward to taking out the corn stalks to use as Fall decorations.
Related: I will never have a garden without growing 'Hopi Red Dye' Amaranth ever again.
After messing with the corn stalks and Amaranth cuttings, this is now my front porch. I love it.
October is my favorite month. ♥
After shucking
Because this raised bed has been home to tomatoes, garlic, and then corn in the last 12 months, I think it needs needs a season off. So we busted out the cover crops: fava beans and clover.
After sprinkling a little powdered kelp on the soil to feed the critters (aside: does anyone else love the smell of kelp? ahhhh), I spread clover seed and pushed a zillion fava beans into the soil. Hopefully the raccoons don't steal all the fava beans like they did last year. There seems to be nothing more attractive to a raccoon than freshly planted beds. Thankfully, my ghetto raccoon proofing has helped this summer.
I've been looking forward to taking out the corn stalks to use as Fall decorations.
Related: I will never have a garden without growing 'Hopi Red Dye' Amaranth ever again.
After messing with the corn stalks and Amaranth cuttings, this is now my front porch. I love it.
October is my favorite month. ♥
