Middle of August is like tax day for vegetables. The hammer drops, I know what made it, what will make it, and what won't. The peppers won't. Look, I just don't think they grow in Oregon. Other home gardens are hurting on the pepper front too - stores are growing decent ones but I doubt they're from around here.
Broccoli! Yesssss. Very easy plant, just takes a lot of patience. Strawberries did fine, but mice get them before I do. Just need protection for next year, that's all. No tomatoes yet, about a dozen for the year, but they are sad. They really need more nutrients than basic Oregon valley soil is prepared to offer. And warmth. Maybe mini-greenhouses next year.
Spinach bolts, and quick. Lettuce hangs around awhile, chard hangs around forever but we can't stand the taste or toughness raw. Cucumber plants are started late, so I will get maybe one green bat each. Pumpkin never took off - I only had one so more test subjects needed before I give up on them. Crookneck is my successful squash, another easy but patient plant. Onions look very small, most toppled over by now - may also be heavy feeders or just not enough sun. Again, sets are the only option here. My birdhouse gourds are weird, havent done anything. Nasturtiums are quick, hardy, beautiful. Peas came in with a light harvest and died - the pole variety produced more and live much longer. Beans are still coming around - easy and patient. Who knows what the carrots are doing - easy but didn't get enough sun in the shadiest part of my garden.
Sure would like a drip system next year. Havent weeded in months - not a real issue because, I suspect, seeds are waiting for the wet season to launch the counterattack. 6-year landscape fabric is half destroyed and crumbles between my fingers already - perhaps from UV since it wasn't covered?
Okie dokie thanks for reading - I'm curious to discover what, if any, of this information will be useful come spring.
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