These are the dog days of summer, at least here in Northern Kentucky. Blimey, it's been hot and harsh lately. The weather notwithstanding, we're now up to a little more than 70 lbs of produce donated! An increasing proportion of this is coming from the LBC garden, and that is a good sign for future seasons. I just harvested a couple pounds of nice big tomatoes from the LBC plot this morning and there are a few more that will be ready in a day or so.
Although the end of summer is in sight, the end of the garden is not. I just attended a seminar at the Civic Garden Center in Cincinnati about Fall gardening. There is a good number of things that can be planted now and in the weeks to come. The one I look forward to growing is carrots. Root crops, so I'm told, yield the highest nutritional value per square foot of gardening space of all crops. Bearing this in mind, next year we'll be trying potatoes too.
And speaking of next year: if you are interested in doing a little bit of good for hungry folks, drop me a line and we can chat about getting you a grow-box for you to manage next year. It's easy and very rewarding!
