Entering Fall with Crossed Dingy Green Thumbs

The Gulag Garden is deep into Autumn, at least as far as being knee-deep in maple & oak leaves. I optimistically opted to brighten things up a bit, planting primrose and hanging a couple of baskets of pansies. To show how screwed up the weather is, my fressias popped up for their second showing this year; no flower buds as yet.

Loads of nice brown leaves for my composting barrel
A few days ago I was thrilled to notice the baby potatoes I replanted have begun to pop up in the black planting bag. Hurrah! I'm totally stoked about them and will be even more so if I get any potato flowers.

Four tiny baby potato sprouts
In other great news, my color Swiss chard baby plantlets have boned up and are growing straight and tall. After a while I'll probably have to split them into two tubs so there isn't too much crowding. Hope I don't forget to feed them.

My rainbow sack of Swiss Chard

The rest of the Gulag garden is doing well too. There are hundreds of volunteer chia plantlets and the sweet pepper plant is still putting out peppers - but don't be too impressed; I've only harvested one pepper so far this year but that's better than no peppers at all, isn't it?