Another detour to the veggie garden

     It is November 9th, we had a cold front pass late yesterday which provided a good 1/2" of rain, and a nice day today, the sky is clear and the temperature in the sun is a nice refreshing 72 deg. F and in the shade about 64 F. There is a cool envigorating breeze blowing.
     The day started out with a required visit to the doctor who commented that my blood pressure is that of someone 30 years younger than I, in other words, it is perfect. I reminded him the last time he used those exact words, 2 1/2 years ago, I suffered two strokes, the first within 8 minutes of leaving his office and while driving, the second 12 hours later in the hospital.
     Today, since we had the good rain yesterday, one had to look at the veggie garden which suffered much during the dry summer and fall, but it is still producing on a limited basis.
     The radishes are still doing well, with a new batch started about every 14 days.

Since radishes deter some garden pests they are not planted in nice neat rows, but scattered.

The radishes harvested this afternoon (Nov. 8, 2011)



The Cauliflower are coming up and should make before the first real hard frost,
 if we get a "hard" frost in this part of Texas.



Also looking forward to some Broccoli. (not shown is
what we hope will be Red Cabbage - which the heat and worms got early this year.)

We are still getting a few yellow bell peppers.

The Rosemary loves it in the shade of the non producing Avocado tree.

The oregano really suffered this year but it is producing.
It is also living in the shade of the avocado tree.

There is still an abundance of Anaheim peppers which have tolerated the heat and drought quite well.

Red Bell peppers, they are so good in a salad as well as stir fried.

Though not a great producer, the Pamiento pepper plant is providing some peppers.

And we are looking forward to the fall / early winter crop of Beets.
Those from the very early spring were picled and are delicous.

Starting on the next post we will leave the vegetable garden and go back Out West.