Fall/Winter Garden Update

I haven't done a garden update in a while because it's looked like so much of a jungle. Jon did an amazing job ripping out the spent zinnias and tomato plants from the main garden this past weekend. I can actually see what is growing now. I need to remember to plant the zinnias further away from anything I need to access next year. They grow SO tall!!

I planted all of the seeds for my fall/winter crops 8 weeks ago.
I haven't weeded yet but if I wait until the garden looks pretty to post about it, I'll never post about it.
Above is a few snow pea plants tangled in with some lettuce. I only had about 10 pea seeds leftover from the spring so I just threw them in to see what they'd do. Note to self: always give snow peas something to climb.


Here's the rutabaga row. I really should have started them sooner then 8 weeks ago but I put in the seeds in hopes that they'd grow fast before it got too cold. Want to know how weird I am? I've never eaten a rutabaga but I'm growing them. I don't even know if I like them but I planted a whole row.

Here are my pathetic purple cauliflower and broccoli plants. They're not growing very fast. I think it's due to lack of rain. Luckily we got a ton of rain in the past 24 hours and I swear they're already twice the size they were in this picture. Not sure if I'll have any cauliflower or broccoli to harvest but I figured I'd try again. I seem to have the worst luck with them the past 2 years.

Carrots! We love carrots and they seem to do pretty well in my garden.

More carrots...

... and more carrots. Unfortunately I didn't thin this bed of carrots before the grass grew up around the plants. By the time I thought about it, I couldn't thin them without pulling too many out. I'm not sure what I'll end up with this bed when it comes time to harvest them.

Here's my peanut plant that my mom bought me. It's almost time for harvest since the leaves are starting to yellow. I'm not sure what I'll end up with at harvest time but I'm excited to find out. If they did well, I might plant more peanut next year since this was the lowest maintenance plant out of the whole garden!

This post has been added to Simple Lives Thursday.