What I'm Doing in My Garden This Week

I’ve missed having arugula lately. My first planting in the fall was terribly disrupted by moles and I never replanted in the raised bed.

Mole activity has quieted down so ever the optimist I planted more arugula.

This season my mesclun lettuce came in thickly and yielded many shearings. Cool weather with critical rainfall and perhaps my seed selection account for the performance. I’ll definitely plant Monet’s Garden next year. It’s a colorful and flavorful mix of Little Gem, Dutch Redina, Rouge Grenobloise, Red Salad Bowl and Tango.

Planted in mid-October, Monet’s Garden has had a good run. I’ve given bags of it away and added it to our own salads. Now it’s a Thanksgiving feast for the worms in the worm bin.

Anticipating this most recent storm I was dipping water from the rain barrels to deep water permanent edibles (fruit trees, artichokes, rhubarb, berries) and adding some to the raised beds. We received 1.1 inches of rain in less than 24 hours which is substantial for our coastal location. This photo shows the rain barrels refilled.

That’s what I’ve accomplished recently but so much more remains to do. Good thing I like to spend time in the garden. It’s hardly work to me.