The garden is winding down. Here is a quick rundown:

Best Plant: Giant sunflowers. Planted as an afterthought, these guys did great.

Most Disappointing Plant: Blue Hubbard squash. They died midway through the season. The strawberries also never did well, but I didn’t expect much out of them.

Biggest Mistake: The tomatoes supports. The plants are floppy. The method is good, just didn’t keep up with it enough.

Unused Crop: Cabbages and chard. Apparently we don’t really eat either.

Best Idea: Planting sunflowers in with the vining crops. Although some out competed their companions.

No-shows: I seeded in a bunch of flowers and herbs. One flower came up a couple months late.

New crop: Cabbages. A lot of pests eat cabbages, and I don’t. Probably not a repeat.

Early Harvest: The beans surprised me with how quickly they produced a good harvest. I seeded them in after the peas finished.

Most Delicious: Fresh, ripe cantaloupe.

I have just a small patch of potatoes to dig, the tomatoes are still producing, but that’s about it. Not a bad year.