yardiron
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I'm in southern NJ and the Garden Monsters and San Marzanos here are about done, maybe a picking or two left at best.
Its the second year in a row where they seem to be coming to an early end. In many years past, I usually had tomatoes into late Oct or early Nov. but this year has been strange, we had a few hot spells, then mid July the cool nights started and we've had a ton of rain, nearly every other night we got blasted so the garden stayed wet all the time.
Beans are also done, but Cucumbers/Pickles are going super strong, so much so I didn't bother to plant a second planting. I've bottled up over 30 jars of pickles and about 30 gallons of tomato sauce so far.
The Okra is just getting rolling though, my basil, both the June planting and the late July planting are both producing heavy, and the first planting of spinach and swiss chard are both slowing down but still growing and giving me a few pickings every week.
I may rethink the tomatoe situation next year, maybe they will move to a new location vs in the main garden, its time to do a reset crop, likely beans, peas, and some herbs for next year.
Its the second year in a row where they seem to be coming to an early end. In many years past, I usually had tomatoes into late Oct or early Nov. but this year has been strange, we had a few hot spells, then mid July the cool nights started and we've had a ton of rain, nearly every other night we got blasted so the garden stayed wet all the time.
Beans are also done, but Cucumbers/Pickles are going super strong, so much so I didn't bother to plant a second planting. I've bottled up over 30 jars of pickles and about 30 gallons of tomato sauce so far.
The Okra is just getting rolling though, my basil, both the June planting and the late July planting are both producing heavy, and the first planting of spinach and swiss chard are both slowing down but still growing and giving me a few pickings every week.
I may rethink the tomatoe situation next year, maybe they will move to a new location vs in the main garden, its time to do a reset crop, likely beans, peas, and some herbs for next year.
