The demise of my favorites  

We don't have a garden so we don't have to pull up or remove plants. My plants are all in pots and if the weather is going to be too cold we water them then cover them with a sheet or bring them indoors. We do not have compost here either and we can not burn things here or we would be in big time trouble.

Hi GRANDPA BOB,

I only had tomatoes and theyy have long gone, my garden is full of herb plants and they are evergreen and I have rose bushes also jasmine creeping up ove the arch meeting with my climbing rose tree and its nearly time for pruning the rose bushes down. Athe moment it raining and very windy outside.


Tamara

I don't know what to do with mine, I usually just leave them where they are and the frost and snow take care of them. Then I can turn them back into the soil in the spring.

We had such a bad garden this year and everything just went flop right away so we just stopped trying and the grass took over. We started mowing the area again. Some of the plants that did actually do ok were onions and broccoli. We picked all of the onions and we threw the broccoli plants into the compost. Most of the time I do put my plants into the compost unless there is something wrong with them. I do not want to spread any type of disease they might possibly have. I have a great compost pile going though and I have a duck what gives us plenty of poop and duck poop soup. We got her one of those kiddie pools this summer and when we change out the water we put it around our grape vines, the garden and potted plants as well as the compost pile. We are tackling that job again tomorrow. She dirties a pool quickly! The advantage of duck poop soup is worth it!

i have not yet pulled the plants, but probably need to, except for those in pots, as they seem to be doing well. I do put things in the compost, and have a perpetual compost pile. I am not really ready for winter, but I sure am enjoying the moderate temperatures.

Hello Grandpa Bob. You are an expert in farming work. I can tell from all the sentences listed above. I wish that I could also have a plot of land to do some farming. That must be a very good experience. I wish you a harvest crop of plants or food every year, Bob.

ahh - but burnning season starts soon! soon you will be out with your bonfires again!

I have five egg plants coming on by egg plant bushes and loads or bell peppers. I know late in the season.
I do not compost, I do not have a composter and I do not have space for a pit. We cannot burn in the city. We have to put yard waste in our green bin for recycling. The city takes it and makes compost out of it.

Composting is good for the soil and the microorganisms of the soil. I have started to get rid of a whole bunch of bananas and turning them into mulch for a field of corn that my brother had me plant. That will clear a good-sized area which I will turn into a grazing area for goats. I have a friend who has turned a corner of his apartment into a compost area. The place is cemented and he just dumps all table scraps and garbage into the pile. The worms came out of nowhere and colonized his little corner which I dubbed "the compost corner".

I'm about done too. I have some tomatoes that are orange that I'll probably pick and bring in, but since it's been in the 40s at night and not going to get above 50 any night that I can see, I think it's time.

I'll probably just pull everything out and toss it into the woods next door. There is really no place for me to compost any of it, and I can't really work it into the soil where it is. I might chop up some smaller plants, but the 6 ft tomato plants with thick stalks would be a bit much to keep in that small space.

There is one lone cucumber still growing. I don't know if he'll survive with the cooler temps or not.