Garden Evaluation

First day of fall happened this week in New England. I think that I am one of the few around here that does not like fall (I despise winter). Although it is pretty, the ending of everything smelling beautiful and blooming and no more warm summer nights is just a plain old bummer for me.

I went out to the garden with the kids to pick the final veggies that must be harvested before the first frost or they will be no longer be edible. We dug the carrots, plucked green tomatoes, picked cucumbers that had gone crazy and climbed the tomatoes plants and counted the pumpkins that will soon turn a bright orange.

The kids began a conversation about what they liked and disliked. They talked about veggies that they want to plant again next year and new ones to try. They suggested that I write it down while it was "fresh" in our memories so that we would have something to refer to next spring.

Wow, what I good idea! Glad they thought of it. So, yes to corn, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, basil, cilantro, tomatoes, pumpkins and lots of flowers. Far less lettuce and stagger it. No to cabbage, summer squash, zucchini. Some new ones tp try are onions, melons, winter squash, and beans.

Any other suggestions?