Limp Lettuce and Sizeable Seymore: The Three Week Fall Update

Three weeks has passed since the seeds were sown for our fall garden of 2014.  This is also the second attempt at gardening. Period.  As expected, there were some successes as well as failures.  Let's take a look....

As you see above, the lettuces both did not fare well.  We left all the pots in the shade on the porch like before for easy access because of the frequent watering (you need to keep seeds constantly moist to germinate).  We think this was the death of the lettuce seeds because we have read they need a good amount of sun.  Also, the weather had been 80-90 everyday.  Lettuces tend to germinate more successfully in cool temperatures (60-70s).  We are starting some new seeds indoors to control for temperature variation so we will see if these yield better plants.

The beans and radishes were a hit!  So much that we started two more pots worth.  We also had to run to Restore for cheap trim scraps and build a bean tower (they were trying to latch onto the neighbor's nice fencing).  Stay tuned for a picture of someone dog sitting under the completed bean teepee.

Remember that cute little tomato plant from the summer garden?  It decided to turn into Seymore from Little Shop of Horrors.  It is so entangled with the cherry tomato plant beside it they cannot be unraveled without doing serious damage to both plants.

Any fall gardening flops?  Do you have a Seymore that needs taming?  Any tips for us?  

Happy Digging!

The Holsingers