Friday garden blogging

Long shadows, cold nights


Leaf composter and Dalek, the kitchen composter

Much is going on in this photo. The long shadows at 3:30pm portend an early sunset (4:05pm EST today, I think). The declination of the sun is markedly lower. In the foreground, next year's garlic bed has been prepared with a dozen bulbs. The Brussels sprout plant (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera) is still standing, but the buds never came in worth crap. However, the volunteer broccoli did come in really well. We did not buy any seedlings. The leaves + grass clippings were chopped fine with the mowers last Sunday, making some excellent compost. A nice bed of the mix went into Dalek to hold the kitchen scraps. Note how green the grass remains. The clippings were perfect for compost -- I guess one advantage of all the rain (2 more inches Tuesday and Wednesday this week). Can you find the kitty?