Fall Gardening

Strawberry Bed

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New "Fence" for My SFG

 











I'm doing fall gardening this year. I think I started too late last year, plus I had a serious lack of time to put into it since I had a steady job. This year I got bedding plants of spinach, collards and Brussel sprouts. My son and I are the only ones excited about the last one! I also got strawberry plants. Last year our strawberry plants all died last fall due to lack of rain and lack of watering. I've stayed vigilant this year and my son is great to help me when I can't water the plants and our little trees. One of my garden covers just came all apart so after mulling it over I got some stakes and nylon mesh and fashioned a "fence" around it. You can see I got real creative with binder clips! I later went to Mayo's and got some wooden stakes for the four corners. I got part of my plants at Ace Hardware in Halls, a few more at Home Depot and the strawberries from Knoxville Seed Co. on Rutledge Pike.

Before I planted I took the grids off and added a bag of manure compost to each garden. I also am feeding the gardens every 2 weeks. My seeds didn't grow well this past spring and after mulling it over I decided that A - my seeds were old and B - maybe they needed more nutrients. But I really think it was mostly A. I checked the dates and chucked several packets. I have the replacement packets in the fridge in their zip-lock bags.

My first lavender plant! It smells so good!