Already thinking about next year

Heading into Autumn, I'm getting excited about 2024's growing season! It will be a long and bitter winter up here in Northern BC Canada, but the memory of this year's garden, and the dream of even better results next year, will hold off the cabin fever! I'm already doing a few things with next Spring in mind.

The sunflowers are in full bloom, signaling the end of Summer:

A lot of symmetry and patterns in this plant. The seeds are arranged in a Fibonacci sequence, and the bracts in a perfect spiral:

Here's an update on the calla lily, which has turned a pretty light peach colour:

The latest daily update photos:

If you look closely at the last image, along the right side of the closest garden, you'll notice I've expanded outward slightly. I'm going to do the same with all the edges. They've grown in, mostly with weeds, since I dug the garden up in April.

This is going to make things a lot easier in the Spring, when I'll just have to turn the soil over once with a shovel, rake it flat, and sow my seed. I'll be 6 weeks ahead of where I was this year!

I've got 6 varieties of tomato growing this year. The yield isn't going to be great, with my slow start and the wonky weather, but they're REALLY tasty. I'm already eating the Sweet 100s that I showed in my last post.

I'm looking forward to showing you the tomatoes as they finish growing and ripening! It will be satisfying to get the garden upgraded and ready to sleep until Spring.

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