Grey Days

It is not grey today or I would not even be able to write this. The garden has that fall look. All the structures that were built to hold things up are falling down. Most of the vines are dead. Most of the basil has gone to seed. The marigolds have been moved to the front yard. There is nothing green except peppers, okra, fall greens and green beans. The sugar peas did not germinate well and need to be replanted. There is a lot of clean-up and renewing of beds to do, but other projects are taking precedence.

Thirty fig cuttings were taken about a week and a half ago. 7 of them have leaves already. Our traditional first frost date is October 21. We have had a couple of cold rainy days and some of the leaves are falling, but I don’t think we are anywhere close to a first frost. The fig trees will need to be repotted and moved into the greenhouse before that.

A new compost system is almost finished. It is essentially the same as the old one, but neater. That will be featured in the next post. The most immediate thing right now is replanting the sugar peas, planting a fresh row of radishes and onions and finishing up a honey-do project for my wife.





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