Musing on cargo hauling...

[Eden]

I weigh about 105 - the load limitation is the weight limit of the trailer. Note - my route from the hardware store to my house has almost no descending (but it's not a bad thing!!).... That much weight would make for a scary downhill

[rebeccaC]

You’re an inspiration!!! Gardening, even with just the many pots I have on my outside patios, helps to get me into a meditative awareness state, adding your bike approach makes it even better!!! Does my using the front basket and rear porteur rack on my old Motobecane mixte to get geraniums and succulents from the garden center count?

May I ask what your cities trip reduction promotion consists of?

[Eden]

Here's the Trip Reduction Challenge https://www.luum.com/challenges/25/2...llenge/details

In a nutshell you log any trip that you walk, bike, bus or carpool. There are raffle prizes, but nothing other than accolades for simply participating.

I got all but one (of 6) squares of my planters planted/seeded - I put in brussels sprouts, bush beans, red peppers (I'm not holding out for these... it's a bit cool here for them, but hubby requested) and lacatino kale as starts. I put in broccoli, bright lights chard, lettuce (bolt resistant) and radicchio as seed. Not sure what I'm going to put in the last square.... we're going to an Asian fair on Saturday, I think I'll stop in at Uwajimaya and see if they have anything interesting that I can plant at this time of the year.

[rebeccaC]

Good on the Seattle DoT for putting that together!! I'm going to be in your city this weekend for the StP. Please make it low 70's and tailwinds to Portland

[OakLeaf]

Dang! Nice work!

[smilingcat]

Other cold tolerant plants to consider, parsnips, spinach, carrots, winter squash is cutting it close...
Parsnips, spinach and carrots will get sweeter with the cold. Spinach can actually tolerate snow on the leaves. Napa is also better with the cold. It's considered more as a winter crop.

If you have near 80F at the end of September, you'll be able to get Delicata, acorn/queen, kabocha, squash. One of the best summer squash is Trombocino lot of meat and very little "core" with the seeds.

And don't forget to plant plants that will attract bees!! You need bees!!

Whew!! reading how you are hauling all the garden stuff makes me tired!!

[OakLeaf]

SeedSaversExchange just posted a chart of planting dates for fall crops. http://www.seedsavers.org/onlinestore/#fallplanting

I got started so late this year I'm only just starting to harvest what I planted in "spring." I've had some nice kale, chard is ready, green beans are half an inch long, lima beans are only just budding, the first couple of tomatoes are getting a bare orange color, haven't even had a viable female squash blossom to pollinate yet. I'm not ready to think about my fall crops yet! (but I need to ...)