Re: meatloaf, potato salad, tuna caserole, tomatoes, beans

Janet wrote:
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In the garden, I still have leeks, kale, and sprouts; all
of them  will stand and be picked  all winter. I don't
start harvesting till after the first frost.

  i live with someone who will not eat all of those
except sprouts and unfortunately we have poor soil
conditions and a microclimate that makes sprouts rot
before i can harvest them.  :(


...

  I've bought and planted more tulips down the edges of
the veg beds. I grow them for cutting for the house. Some
of them will flower again in later years, some are
shortlived. So planting more and different ones every year
makes sense. Yes it does. OK, I'm addicted to tulips. 
Nobody ever died of tulips.

  at one time i was trying to start up a tulip farm
and cross-breeding sources of various types of tulips.
alas our microclimate and soils also hated that idea
and i've largely now moved on to growing beans instead.

  https://www.anthive.com/project/tulips/

  gladly the daffodils survive outside the fenced
gardens well enough as the deer won't eat them.

   Just emptying the compost bins to move them for next
year. In winter I cover the veg beds in a heavy mulch of 
compost and/or seaweed/ fallen leaves/horse manure. Worms
will dig it all in.
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   Jobs to do;  harvest fresh parsley and freeze it. Trim
back the herb garden. Tidy the garden shed. Wash the
greenhouse inside.

  we're getting enough frosts now that almost anything
outside is done except for the hardiest late fall
flowers (mums and a few others).

  i'm hoping that today i can finish up dealing with the
old strawberry patch.  it has only survived because it
is inside the fenced gardens otherwise the deer would
have taken it out.  it's needed renovation for several
years so this year i'm finally turning it under.  i'll
plant beans and peas in there this year to smother any
weeds for a year or two and then put it back into
strawberry production eventually, but i may have to
remove some trees that are starting to cast too much
shade first and will probably also redo the fence.


  songbird