September 2026
What's happening at the Magnolia Gardens
When I go into my garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
September plantings
As we move into the middle of September, I am experimenting with starting to grow veggies for the late fall and winter. I began using LED grow lights last Christmas with good success, so now I am starting even earlier, focusing mainly on lettuce and tomatoes (Tiny Tim and Vilma).
I also started some broccoli seedlings to see if I can still get a crop before the deep frost comes along. The broccoli will be planted in the stone raised bed where I put netting to protect the seedlings from bugs (hopefully). I will put plastic over the bed later in October when the possibility of frost comes along.
As we move into the middle of September, I am experimenting with starting to grow veggies for the late fall and winter. I began using LED grow lights last Christmas with good success, so now I am starting even earlier, focusing mainly on lettuce and tomatoes (Tiny Tim and Vilma).
I also started some broccoli seedlings to see if I can still get a crop before the deep frost comes along. The broccoli will be planted in the stone raised bed where I put netting to protect the seedlings from bugs (hopefully). I will put plastic over the bed later in October when the possibility of frost comes along.
Nevada Lettuce and Bibb Lettuce
Broccoli seedlings
2026 Garden Harvest
So far this season a freezer mostly full of home grown veggies
140 lbs
Tomatoes
50 lbs
Potatoes
30 lbs
Onions
30 lbs
Cabbage
17 lbs
Beans
15 lbs
Pickles
12 lbs
Cucumbers
10 lbs
Peppers
Full
Freezer