Fall Harvests and Garlic Plantin'

Those community gardeners who toiled away in recent weeks are reaping some wonderful "fall crop" harvests. One of our gardening families recently had help from two precious grand daughters in digging sweet taters. The bounty included the "jumbo" in the accompanying photo. Wow!

A "football" sized sweet tater and two cute farmers.

Also, for those interested in becoming master garlic producers, the UGA recently released some tips on this venture. Now is the time to get those garlic bulbs in the ground so they are big and husky for next year's harvest. Go to this link for the UGA posting:  Garlic Planting Step-by-Step

After cleaning your garden beds, it is recommended that you either plant a cover crop, like clover, OR spread newspaper/landscape fabric over your garden and then cover that with straw/mulch. This will help keep those nasty weeds from taking hold. Plus it looks good!

As a reminder....don't forget to tidy up those garden beds before putting them to sleep for the winter. All vegetation should be removed and placed in the compost pile (no seeds please). All trellises and tomato cages should be removed and stored at your house. There is simply not enough room in the tool shed to accommodate everyone's personal stuff.