The Fall of Fall

The first day of fall has arrived. Leaves have magically arrived in bags on the side of the street. The trees are still green; so these must be from last year. At any rate they still make good mulch in the garden. So far they are only around the raised beds. Planning has begun for next years perfect garden and except for periodic replanting of some things, the fall garden is planted and coming up. The only things not up are the onions and the mesclun mix.

We had tacos last night with peppers, tomato, arugula and onion from the garden. The third crop of figs is coming on with a vengeance. It seems that they are afraid they won’t be ripe before the 1st freeze. Seeds have been planted for 6 tomato plants that will be put into the raised bed in the greenhouse. Only 3 are needed; but who knows how many will actually come up. Last year seeds for the greenhouse were hard to find in local stores in December. They will be purchased early this year.

The garden will grow by a few feet. More raised beds will be built. An 8’ fence will be constructed in the hopes of keeping the deer out. They can jump 18’; but maybe they will go for easier forage. Some stuff will be planted for them outside the fence. The motion detectors on the side of the house don’t phase them at all; but maybe a noisy motion detector would help.


David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com/ , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/