Persistent Genoa cyclone brought us 8 days of rain. Although the amount wasn’t too big, with a total of 80mm of rain, the rainfall was so continuous that the soil is completely soaked. Even the strong north winds didn’t dry the soil. The very low temperatures we’ve had during the past few days haven’t helped much in soil drying. Fog has been present in many mornings, and the first sunny day brought us the coldest morning since April, with 0.5°C (32.9°F).
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The weather has been the reason why I haven’t been in the garden in almost 2 weeks. After the digging marathon 14 days ago, I haven’t been able to get in the garden. Today was the first day I was actually able to enter the garden, but only for a quick checkup and harvest. The soil is still too wet to be able to walk or work in the garden.
The strong winds, which were hitting us during the past week, damaged my bell pepper. I was planning to leave the peppers to ripe and take the seeds, instead, I had to harvest them today.
Luckily there was no more damage in the garden, the forest again did its role of protection wall, and the rest of the plants are ok. But, the low temperatures are most likely stopping the growth of the peppers and fefferoni.
Beans are also growing like mad. If the cold mornings won’t kill off the flowers, I will have lots of harvests during the next couple of weeks.
The rest of the vegetables, like tomato-peppers and zucchinis, are on standstill. The temperatures are just too low for them to grow. I will most likely start digging their beds. I still have lots of digging to do and it’s already the middle of October. Also, my new perennials need to be transplanted and there’s still the finishing mowing waiting to be done. Winter is around the corner and hopefully, I’ll be able to finish everything, if the garden dries a bit.
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