{"id":3360,"date":"2012-09-25T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:38:37","slug":"late-september-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3360","title":{"rendered":"(Late) September Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Milo’s face says it all. Basically,\u00a0aw, man, how did we get into this mess?!\u00a0<\/em>We turned our backs on the vegetable garden in August and September, only lightly tending to the produce that was giving us what we wanted. But even the kale had wound and wrapped its way up through weeds and the raspberry bushes reaching for the sun in an attempt to survive. Our tomatoes stopped producing ripe fruit long ago, and our mint and basil had gone to seed a month ago.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful autumn day here in St. Louis– warm in the sun, cool in the shade. Bright sunshine and perfect gardening weather. And with lots of storms on the horizon this week, the boys and I decided to tackle the inevitable job of garden clean-up. Right after I put Emil down for a nap, we got to work.<\/p>\n

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With specific instructions on which plants to leave alone (the basil, chard, and chives might last a bit longer), I sent them in and let them pull, dig, explore, and destroy. And while I know they enjoyed planting the garden, I believe they found that\u00a0un-planting\u00a0<\/em>the garden was more fun!<\/p>\n

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Plus, they found all sorts of treasures, like snail shells and a live snail; earthworms; rolly-pollies; and a few toys given up for lost months ago.<\/p>\n

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But the best part was just getting plain old dirty. Emil joined us and added to the fun, and we worked late into the afternoon as the shadows grew longer and the light faded and I realized, elbow-deep in mud, that I had not given dinner a good thought yet. Ah, life goes on without us realizing it sometimes, you know?<\/p>\n

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Now it’s time for a few fall crops, don’t you think? We will definitely be planting some kale plants, perhaps some broccoli too. Have you had any luck with planting fall crops this late in the game? If we have another extremely mild winter like we did last year, we might find these crops more worthwhile than expected. Or… it will be a complete disaster. Happy fall to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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