Well, it has been abnormally cool and very wet over the past 3 weeks. I just had the first hard freeze of the fall season about 4 days ago. My first frost was about 2 1/2 weeks ago. All of the warm season crops have been pulled up since they were finished growing. My later summer planted green beans grew pretty well this fall and I was pleased with the harvest. I just harvested my first head of fall broccoli about one week ago, with about four more heads still maturing. I also harvested two heads of cabbage about 5 days ago. I have not harvested any of my late summer planted cauliflower, but some of the heads are starting to get some size to them. I probably will not harvest any of these for another 2 weeks or so. I also continue to harvest lettuce and celery. My hoops over my two carrot plots seems to be working out well again this year. The carrots under these hoops are finally getting some size to them. I will be planting my dried walking onion tops today for harvest next spring and summer. I will start harvesting my brussel sprouts within the next week or so. The growing season is fast approaching the end.

I cannot believe it is already October. It seems like summer just flew by this year. Well, my fall vegetable garden is doing pretty good so far. We had a stretch of unusually cool weather for most of September, which has slowed the growth of my late planting of green beans. They seem to be coming on now. I made my first harvest of these beans a few days ago, with many more soon to be maturing within the next two weeks. My fall planting of cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage is doing pretty good, but they also seem to be a little behind schedule. I have just started to see a few broccoli plants with some very small heads forming. As of yet, no frost, but I will need to get some row covers ready just in case. My fall planted lettuce is just starting to get some size (see first pic above). I also replanted the raised potato bed (see second pic above) with cabbage, cauliflower and some onions, from my top setting onions, for green onions. My celery is growing like it has never grown before. Unfortunately, my fall crop of carrots looks like it is going to be poor this year due to poor germination of the seeds I planted back in August :-( My crop of pole limas is much better this year, with more still to harvest. Crops I have been harvesting in the last month: Celery, pole limas, green beans, tomatoes, green peppers, banana peppers, hot peppers, fennel seeds (for drying), and green onions.