Notes - preparing for fall

I had to throw sluggo on the ground as the kale, spinach and broccoli are being eaten to bits.

I’m now surfing the Burpee website for some new seeds for fall/winter crops. But I keep running into interesting things I’d like to plant next year. Among them:

• The Marina di Chioggia squash which looks positively demented, but is evidently good eating. Both plusses in my book.
• The Orn Large Bottle Gourd which would be mature next fall, just in time for my bird-obsessed son to make birdhouses. Perhaps that could be a birthday party idea for him.
• The Uchiki Kuri Organic Pumpkin, just because.

Meanwhile, I think I will order the following:

• Spanish Black Radish it looks interesting and is a good winter crop.
• Picklebush Cucumbers because I just might be able to get one more crop in, and then I have to talk Uncle Yak into pickling them. He’s very good at pickling, and he has my grandfather’s old pickle crocks.
• Golden Beets because I much prefer working with golden beets since I don’t have to wear gloves. It’s what I wanted to plant last spring, but Mr. Yak wanted red ones.
• Chioggia Beets because I’m a sucker for anything with stripes. I suspect they will bleed everything to red though when cooked. Only one way to find out!

I will probably plant more favas, and I may give peas a chance, too, just because.