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\"\" — Last dahlias, right before the first night frost, October 17<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
October was an uncharacteristically meager month in my garden. No tomatoes (with the exception of a single, small Dr. Wyche\u2019s Yellow<\/em>), and we had an unusually early first night frost on October 17, which killed my dahlias and all tender herbs. Earlier that day, I had harvested all my basil to make one last batch of pesto. I also picked the last dahlias and hot peppers. It made me sad that the dahlias were gone so soon; I had hoped to extended the season until the end of October as in previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Herbs! Italian basil (for pesto), Thai basil (for pesto), parsley, tender herbs for propagating (Italian basil, Thai basil, mint), one Tennessee Spice hot pepper, flowers, October 15<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
On October 15, I harvested several huge bunches of herbs to make a few more rounds of pesto for the freezer. I also cut some young tender stems of Italian basil, Thai basil and mint for hydroponic propagating. Once rooted, I will plant a few of the stems in pots to live in my kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Herbs for propagating (Italian basil, mint, Thai basil), October 15<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I grew my first pumpkins ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Grizzly Bear pumpkins, October 15<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I also harvested several bunches of kale and Swiss chard over the month (not pictured) and was lucky to get two more Asian eggplants. This was one super productive plant; the first time really that I had any sizeable eggplant harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Asian eggplant and flowers, October 10<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Thai peppers were tiny again. So strange. I wonder whether there was a seed mix-up, because they look longer and more pointy on the seed packet picture, not as stubby and round as mine. They are super spicy though. I dried them and turned them into pepper flakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Thai peppers, October 2<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s the end of October. The plot is cleared<\/a> and the flower bulbs are planted<\/a>. Still growing in the plot are kale, chard, leeks, cilantro and parsley. I will plant my garlic in the next few days and dig up the dahlias soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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October was an uncharacteristically meager month in my garden. No tomatoes (with the exception of a single, small Dr. Wyche\u2019s Yellow), and we had an unusually early first night frost…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36,33,31,30,32,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decorating","category-fall","category-flowers","category-harvest","category-herbs","category-vegetables"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mi2j-1FY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6446"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6511,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions\/6511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

\"\" — Last dahlias, right before the first night frost, October 17<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
October was an uncharacteristically meager month in my garden. No tomatoes (with the exception of a single, small Dr. Wyche\u2019s Yellow<\/em>), and we had an unusually early first night frost on October 17, which killed my dahlias and all tender herbs. Earlier that day, I had harvested all my basil to make one last batch of pesto. I also picked the last dahlias and hot peppers. It made me sad that the dahlias were gone so soon; I had hoped to extended the season until the end of October as in previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Herbs! Italian basil (for pesto), Thai basil (for pesto), parsley, tender herbs for propagating (Italian basil, Thai basil, mint), one Tennessee Spice hot pepper, flowers, October 15<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
On October 15, I harvested several huge bunches of herbs to make a few more rounds of pesto for the freezer. I also cut some young tender stems of Italian basil, Thai basil and mint for hydroponic propagating. Once rooted, I will plant a few of the stems in pots to live in my kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Herbs for propagating (Italian basil, mint, Thai basil), October 15<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I grew my first pumpkins ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Grizzly Bear pumpkins, October 15<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I also harvested several bunches of kale and Swiss chard over the month (not pictured) and was lucky to get two more Asian eggplants. This was one super productive plant; the first time really that I had any sizeable eggplant harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Asian eggplant and flowers, October 10<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Thai peppers were tiny again. So strange. I wonder whether there was a seed mix-up, because they look longer and more pointy on the seed packet picture, not as stubby and round as mine. They are super spicy though. I dried them and turned them into pepper flakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Thai peppers, October 2<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s the end of October. The plot is cleared<\/a> and the flower bulbs are planted<\/a>. Still growing in the plot are kale, chard, leeks, cilantro and parsley. I will plant my garlic in the next few days and dig up the dahlias soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
October was an uncharacteristically meager month in my garden. No tomatoes (with the exception of a single, small Dr. Wyche\u2019s Yellow), and we had an unusually early first night frost…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36,33,31,30,32,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decorating","category-fall","category-flowers","category-harvest","category-herbs","category-vegetables"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mi2j-1FY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6446"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6511,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions\/6511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}