Honestly, it’s been the best garden year so far. I am currently simmering yet another huge stockpot of tomato sauce. I have yet another round of cherry tomatoes drying in the hydrator to make sun dried tomatoes. But if I were to do this year over, what would I change?
- More broccoli raab instead of broccoli. Raab has fewer worms per the longer stalks and less room for them to hide, as well my broccoli heads never get more than 3 inches across. I just don’t have the touch with broccoli. Nor cauliflower.
- A row to walk in my sweet pepper patch. I had heard that peppers like to be close to each-other and well, they do. Prevents sunscald and traps the humidity I think. In any case, the only threat to my peppers is me…stepping on them as I wade through the patch. Most of my peppers are thigh high and very bushy, most heavy with fruit. I need a path. They need a path so pepper mom quits stepping on them.
- The beans are crowding out the hot pepper row. Next year, more space between Thai beans and anything else.
- Not enough sweet corn/ripens almost all at once. Next year I will stagger two plantings to extend the season.
- Peanuts. Out of 30 seeds, I have two plants. I do not know why.
- Tobacco. I planted the seeds in a shady spot. I have no idea why I did that.
- Stop planting Raspberry Lyanna. It is a bland shitty tomato and I always have enough volunteer plants to share with neighbors and family. STAHP.
- More ground cherries! I love those things.
- Beans planted among corn does not work for me. Poor garbanzo beans…I was so hopeful.
Thankfully my success list is far longer!