Its been some time since my last post. My 2012 garden is really winding down. I need to clean out my community garden...the water has been turned off and most other beds have been cleaned out. I still had a couple of plants in but everything has gone completely wild and weedy. I've just been very lazy. On my balcony, I have lots of greens that I use for smoothies and juices. I plan to just keep them in the container and clear them out when I am ready to start gardening in 2013. I haven't done much with either my balcony container garden or my community garden but I have been harvesting some veggies that are surviving. The lemongrass is so bushy now, I'm thinking about transferring them to containers. Alternatively, I will just cut and freeze them down for tea and maybe a little cooking. So for my last
harvest monday of the year (thanks Daphne for hosting the harvest posts), I've got pictures I've collected in the past weeks.
From my balcony garden:
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| Collards and kale |
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| Chinese Giant Peppers (sweet but not so good for roasting) |
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| Second generation bok choy (collected seeds from last year) |
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| Giant chinese pepper and snap peas |
From the community garden:
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| Medley of eggplants (ichiban, black beauty, Italian) |
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| Lemongrass and beets |
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| Some sweet peppers, longhorn peppers (spicy) and snap peas |
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| Side view, really lots of spicy peppers |
Well, another fun season coming to a close. I'll see you all again in 2013! I'm already having fun thinking about what to start for the next season! Happy gardening everyone:)
Ohhhh!! que buena cosecha!!! Felicidades!!!
ReplyDeleteYo también tengo un huerto en mi terraza pero no dá tantos frutos.
El tuyo es increible!
gracias:)
DeleteLOVE YOUR HARVEST! you could make with those long horns green pepper flakes and dry the poblanoes to make ancho chili for many Mexican dishes. I don't think you should keep your kale and collards I think you should start more cause they get woody and bad tasting you should save them for seed. THE PEAS ARE GREAT! so many where does in containers? and Lemongrass better overwinter it soon before it perishes. And eggplant Parmesan bell pepper and tomato sauce.
ReplyDeleteThe peas were both in ground and in container. I have the peppers in the freezer....I'm thinking of making spicy paste but not sure yet. So far I've been using it for chilli and stir fries.
Deletevery impressive harvest! the bok choi is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteWhat a wonderful variety for late November, is that usual there? I was disappointed to find that I planted the wrong kind of lemongrass, one used for it's oil rather than as a culinary herb...
ReplyDeleteI got the lemongrass at the Asian grocery store and rooted them. Now they are overflowing in the freezer.
DeleteI'm limited on Space and im growing for taste and I want to only grow cherokee purple tomatoes I think i've tried them and were delicious are they good producers in containers?
ReplyDeleteCherokee purple are not good producers in containers. At least in my hands they do not grow in abundance in ground as well. I"m going to try again this year.
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