DuaeGuttae
Minister of Fire
They still look good. You're into your second season already. We only get one shot.
We tried a very small fall garden the first year we moved in, but that was before we realized that we needed to take drastic measures to protect it from deer. We didn’t do fall vegetables last year as we were more focused on using the cooler weather to do a lot of cleanup. This year will be our first real attempt at the second season.
The beans we planted germinated pretty well and are beginning to climb their trellises. I told my husband this morning while we were watering that I really love plants that twine or have tendrils. For some reason seeing that grasping curl really makes me happy.
The cucumbers have all come up, and the corn is just beginning. I’m trying to soak the surfaces both morning and late afternoon until things germinate and their roots develop enough that I can let our submerged watering system sustain them. With our heat and sun the surface dries out pretty fast, and I wear out pretty fast taking water to them when it’s hot.
I planted some dill in the spring, and it grew, but we never had huge harvests as it’s really not a summer crop in Texas. I wanted it to go to seed, though, so that it would come up on its own this fall. I guess my surface watering for the cucumbers did the trick because this morning I found a whole patch of seedlings. Hurray!