Trying Things Failure

One of the reasons for blogging to increase my willngness to try new things AND to be ok with less than 100% success or, yes, even failure.  It has been really nice out the last few days, and I have spent time prepping garden areas. The remnants of a recent failure reminded me.

I am a gardener.  I am not necessarily good at it, but I like dirt on my hands and over the years, have come to realize some things will grow and some things won't and those things change from year to year.  I have come to accept this, and along the way, learned some tips that make a garden more successful.

I have never tried a fall garden...or succession planting.  Until last year.  My second crop of beans was so successful (succession planting), I decided it was time to plant a fall garden: frost hardy plants- bok choy, broccoli, and both red and green cabbage for a late October/ early November harvest.  I was still working at the time and busy playing solitaire on my time off 😜, so my fall garden (seedlings bought from a local nursery) did not get in the ground until mid September. I was pushing it, but with row cover might get a good harvest.  I have a generally protected area and kale winters over regularly.

It was not two weeks later that a VERY hard frost hit for a few days in a row.  I did have the row cover on, but figured the season was over: dismal failure.

Now, 5 months later, the new pup has pulled the row crop cover through the cyclone fence in spots, so I decided it was time for a bit of garden cleanup.  And, we have crops...bok choy about ready to pick, broccoli with new growth and cabbage... well iffy, but still cabbaging.

Patience is not my strong suit, and I nearly pulled all the plants last November.  Note to self:  Sometimes the difference between utter failure and some level of success is just time.  And patience.