2012 Rooftop Garden Closed For Winter

Okay, welcome back to the site. I apologize for my late return. I fully intended to resume activity in the beginning of November, but then Hurricane Sandy happened and garden blogging was pushed to the back of my mind. But now I'm back and can tell you how the fall crops performed.

Fall Interlude

The fall crops are coming along nicely.

Close to the End

Only 3 plants left from the summer garden. The Black cherry tomato, the Flexum Hybrid pepper and the Mountain Magic tomato. I think the Black cherry can be removed by this weekend. The Flexum pepper will stay for however long it can last. It continues to flower and fruit.

Summer's Last Gasp

The soybeans and beets were moved away from the chimney to get more sun.

Winding Down

The last melon plant has been retired, more beet seeds have taken its place.

Sleepy Summer Days

One melon plant left on the roof. I'm not sure how much larger these fruits will get, the leaves are really worn out.

Rooftop Gardening is Closed for Winter

It's been a few weeks since I've checked the garden so last weekend I stepped back onto the roof to see what vegetables did and didn't work as fall rooftop crops.

The Last Summer Vegetable

The Sun Gold cherry tomato plant is the last survivor of the summer crops and it continues to flower and fruit. Since I like the cherries so much I'm going to let the plant linger as long as the weather allows. Once the evening temps drop to the mid 50's I'll pull it out and prepare the container for winter storage.

Indoor Vegetable Gardening Harvest: Beets

My seed starting setup left just enough room to add one planter to the windowsill. Instead of a house plant I decided to continue with the indoor vegetable gardening experiment. Last time I grew radishes, this time it's beets, Detroit Dark Red.