Gardens in the last days of August

We still have glorious photos of flowers and vegetables planted in pieces of ground scattered across the region, from western Vermont to the Tug Hill, from the southern Adirondacks to Ottawa. Kinda cool. I’d imagine a lot of food is being harvested as we move into September. Send photos of everything you’re getting from the garden–and show me what you’re doing with that harvest: canning? drying? freezing? cooking?

Here’s another photo from our friend George DeChant taken a couple of weeks ago.

Cassandra Corcoran, our gardener friend in Monkton, took these photos during the past week.

For me, digging potatoes is a magical treasure hunt. Here’s some of Cassandra’s find.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m a big fan of garden experimentation. You don’t have apply new techniques or ideas to the entire garden, but try growing small patches of beans in different ways, or stake some tomatoes in heavy-duty cages and trellis some others. I love the way Rainbow saved labor but simply cultivating small bits of ground, burying them in straw bales, and letting the surrounding ground go wild.

 

Finally, a couple of photos from a different kind of garden and harvest: haying. These taken late in August, final cut.

 

Okay, send me those late garden and harvest photos. [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: agriculture, flowers, gardening, haying, vegetables