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Fall Sowing
"Honey Nut" butternut squash
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October in the Trial Garden
by Lindsay Del Carlo, Trial Garden
Manager
All of our fall sowings are complete and sprouting up
vigorously; some good early rain showers mixed with warm, sunny
fall weather makes a perfect recipe for good germination. We are
growing many varieties this fall: arugula, beets, heading
broccoli, broccoli raab, three varieties of carrots, rainbow
swiss chard, cabbage, cauliflower, dill, fennel, kale, leeks,
five varieties of lettuce, mild mustard greens, bunching onions,
parsley, sugar snap peas, snow peas, and shelling peas, radish,
and spinach.
We have to protect all of our fall seedlings from birds and use
bird netting supported by 3/4 inch irrigation tubing that is
held down with landscape staples. We also grow spinach and
Brassica crops like cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli under
white floating row covers to protect them from obnoxious and
voracious leaf miners and cabbage root flies. These barrier
methods work very well.
Some summer varieties are still ripening in the Trial Garden:
"NuMex Las Cruces" traditional Cayenne chiles, are 2 ft. tall
and producing loads of beautiful, long, red, spicy chiles with a
wonderful flavor. Renee is busy dehydrating them, then grinding
them up to make a delicious dried chile powder with nicely
rounded fragrance and spice. These and many other chile seeds
come to us from the Chile Pepper Institute in New Mexico. We
will also soon harvest the climbing, miniature ‘Honey Nut’
butternut squash, whose abundant fruits that are just 6 inches
long and perfect for 1-2 servings each. The vines are very
disease resistant and make a handsome landscape feature. |
Spinach seedling with row cover
"NuMex Las Cruces" Peppers
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Recipe of the Month
Portuguese Style Kale Soup
On a cold night, serve this soup with warm crusty bread for a complete and
satisfying meal.
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