The Marigold Potager Diaries

  Well... Happy Thanksgiving! This is what our place looks like (well, much of it has melted already, but still...) today. Very wet and heavy snow as it is plus degrees. Is like a west coast snow day ; )  We will be back in the garden after the weekend. Snow will be gone, sun will be back, and we still have much garden clean up to do (check out the full wheelbarrow by the bed).  Luckily, we knew the snow was coming so pulled all our peppers the day before and got them pickled up. Here is the recipe (from my old ngp blog) that we used. Tried and true! The recipe makes three quart jars of pickled peppers.  Does My Soil Have Root-Feeding Nematodes?  - Are your plants stunted, not growing well? Check out this video to see if this is the reason.  Fall Soil Preparation: 3 Simple Ways to Build Healthy Garden Soil for Next Year  Harriet Thistlethwayte Creates with Nature  - lovely inspiration for fall.  The Herb Wreath Your Kitchen Has Been Waiting ...

Phew, fall sure did come quickly to the prairies, this year! Leaves were green, gold, and then gone... all within the span of 2 weeks. Crazy beans!  We have been doing a little bit nearly every day to clean out the gardens and yards. Our goal is always to have things buttoned up by Thanksgiving. We are so not there this year! Some crazy fool (ahem) plants so many flowers and veggies, that there is a crazy amount of compostable material to clean up (plus other tasks) at the end of the year ; )  On the island, I used to hold a free 'Putting The Garden To Bed/Planting Garlic' workshop on Thanksgiving weekend (price was a food bank donation of any kind, big or little).  Here on the prairies, we need to get the garden cleaned up soon-ish just in case winter comes early. We occasionally get snow in October, though it usually melts right away, but you never know what mother nature is going to throw at you, eh?  Added at posting time - apparently we are getting snow and col...