Lisa, your garden is looking great!

I've been checking in on this thread occasionally. Fun to read others' experiences! My yard is so tiny that i'm combining a sort of square foot gardening and a lot of vertical gardening.

I'm finally speaking up to share a book I just found- four-season harvest by eliot coleman. This guy lives in Maine and manages to have fresh greens most of the year! Haven't read the whole thing, but just from flipping through the pages I'm inspired to do at least some fall plantings.

ALSO! I got a vita-mix for my b-day. Y'all. If you can swing it, get your hands on one. I haven't done much with it yet, but come tomato season, LOOK OUT! The best thing I've made so far is a soup. Chop onions, garlic cloves and ginger in the v-mix, saute until cooked. add some collard greens (or any other green growing in yr garden). cook until just wilted. Dump this into the v-mix with a peeled lemon, a lil s n p, some water... i added some chia seeds because I had them... blend. The end: kick ax soup!

Love this thread!