Drought

I now look back longingly at the late summer pictures of my garden. The hot, dry early fall we have had has wilted and browned everything, including my garden. We waited as long as possible hoping for rain before planting our fall garden, but it still didn't work. Our spinach, lettuce and swiss chard wilted literally right before our eyes. We hand watered our baby plants, but it didn't seem to do much good. The air and ground are so dry that it wasn't enough. So sad, our fall garden has always been one of my favorites!

Every Tuesday, when we get our fabulous, gorgeous box of fresh produce from Poplar Ridge, I think....these are the times that separate the real farmers from the wanna be farmers (like me!). Unlike this spring and summer when we couldn't have killed our garden if we had wanted to, our fall garden needed a lot more expertise that I had. I am so glad to have real farmers out there!!!