End of gardening year

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Yesterday I closed down the garden for the season.  Pulled the plants  that were still standing, chucked them onto the ground then used the 520H with mower deck set at a low height and ground them up.  I'd rather do this than put on compost pile where I might spread disease to next year's crop.

 

I  gathered the okra, green beans, jalipinos, green peppers but didn't have enough for anything but stir fry.  Cut up some smoked ham and onions harvested earlier and those with the forementioned vegtables made a pretty good supper.  Also fried a skillet full of green tomatoes. 

 

Suppose to get into low twenties early next week so may cover the turnips and see if they can finish growing.  For some reason--probably really hot and dry this past summer--some of the plants didn't do so well especially the second planting.

 

The picture is my gardening set-up from earlier in the season. The closest raised bed is asparagus (I've seeded it with spores from morel mushrooms in hopes that perhaps/maybe to harvest morels from it in the future)  To the right is thornless blackberries, then the green cattle  tubs one with mint for iced tea and the other for plants that climb the cattle panel arch.  Finally the main raised garden  with another cattle panel arch and cattle feed tubs.  Beyond and out of picture are two peach trees and three cherry trees that I hope start producing next year.