Garden Reflections
Lessons learned for next year
From my experience, most growing seasons don’t turn out exactly as planned. I had a lot planned. Some of it worked out.
Overall Reflections
Once I was fully vaccinated I decided to travel more than I expected, so I didn’t plant everything I planned. I also didn’t tend as well as I would have if I was home more.
My best producers were lettuce, tomatoes, johnny-jump-ups, and sugar snap peas. I only got a little bit of purple broccoli, but I have also enjoyed the yellow flowers in the picture above as it goes to seed. I hope for more broccoli next year. It was so sweet!
My sugar snap peas and lettuce produced again this fall. That was a great way to end the growing season!
Top 5 Lessons
- Next year when I am ready to plan my garden I will be more mindful of my summer plans and how my garden will be tended when I am traveling.
- Starting seeds inside is something that I always get a late start on. I want to start earlier next year so the plants are more established before I put them out.
- Right now at the end of the season I am talking to fellow gardeners to benefit from their growing season lessons and best practices from thier past experiences. I am learning a lot.
- Weather. I want to pay closer attention to the weather and be more proactive than just reactive. I will be better able to plan ahead and be me more diligent in tending the actual needs of my garden.
- Remember how beautiful and brilliantly flavored the boutny is. Growing food is every bit worth the work. Here is my best recipe from growing this year:
Thanks for reading! I hope everyone enjoyed a successful growing season and also enjoys the beauty of the post-growing season!
Here are my other stories as I planned this growing season:
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