Backyard Botanical Garden Blog

Eight Months

Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:27 PM by Lisa

After starting our garden eight months ago, our Oasis is still thriving. 

  

It's now in transition from a summer garden to a fall garden.  The raised beds are full with a mixture of vegetables from both seasons and the trellis is packed with tomatoes. 

Here in San Diego, the days have been warm (low 70s) and the nights have been cool (mid-50s).  It's perfect weather for gardening.  However, once it drops into the low 50s, the tomatoes will start to die off.  Today, I cut the tomatoes way back.  I removed the branches that didn't already have any tomatoes growing on them.  That way, the plants will put their energy into the tomatoes that are left.    

We've now harvested 151 pounds of vegetables and herbs.  For the past 6 months, the only veggies I've bought at the store have been onions, potatoes and garlic.  All the rest of the vegetables I've served came from our garden. 

This past week, we continued to harvest lots of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and chard.  Here are three easy and wonderful recipes that I made: Roasted Cherry Tomatoes (www.foodnetwork.com); Spicy Swiss Chard with Lemon (www.find.myrecipes.com); and Eggplant and Chive All-Day Omelette (www.nibbledish.com). 

There are lots of peppers waiting to be harvested--both red bell peppers and Serranos.  I hope to find some delicious ways to cook them, so stay tuned for some more great recipes next week.  

 

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Lisa ABOUT LISA Avid gardeners, Lisa and her husband Steve teamed up with Backyard Botanical to make pre-fabricated vegetable gardens a reality. Together, we're helping busy people all over the country enjoy well-built vegetable gardens - and fresh vegetables!