October 13, 2035
On Monday (October 6), I took a few pictures of the red pineapple.
For breakfast, I made baklava muffins. These were so good; I’ll share the recipe in a different post.
In the short garden beds, A1 and A2, I turned in the dirt and compost Bruce put on the beds with a pitchfork. In bed A1, I dug up a large sweet potato that had been left behind. After turning in the dirt and compost, I planted garlic in bed A2. I labeled each square with the name of variety I planted in it. I planted four softneck garlic varieties: Nootka Rose, California White, Inchelium Red, and Transylvanian Softneck.
For those of you who are curious, there are two types of garlic: softneck and hardneck. Hardneck garlic needs a longer period of cold weather to grow, while softneck garlic requires only a small amount of cold weather. Hardneck garlic gets its name from its hard stem that is ridged and hard to bend. Softneck garlic has a soft stem that is easy to bend, so softneck. Softneck garlic is used for garlic braids. Hardneck garlic produces a scape (edible flower stalk), while softneck garlic doesn’t. Softneck garlic can be stored up to 12 months, while hardneck garlic only lasts for 6 months. Next year, I might try a hardneck garlic as well as the softneck garlic variety I like best.
After planting the garlic, I topped up half a bed with some Bama Dirt Pro Mix. I turned the dirt to mix it together. I then planted Japanese mustard, radishes, and arugula.
Bruce worked on getting the next long garden bed put together while I was busy planting. I took a short break from planting and helped him with the screws on the side pieces.
The bumble bees were on the basil flowers.
The sky was too overcast for a sunset. It started raining during the night.
On Tuesday (October 7), it rained almost all day.
It started clearing up around 5 o’clock. We did get a pretty sunset around 6:30 pm.
Blackberry Homestead 
Your red pitcher coordinates so well with the pineapple. 😆
I’m jealous that you can work with your dirt. We’ve not had serious rain since June. The ground is too hard for me to even stick a shovel into.
Love the bee bums! 😂
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It does! 🔴🍍(I really hope the pineapple emoji doesn’t have another meaning! 😁)
Wow! That sounds like my past Colorado gardens.
🐝
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😆😂😆
Is Colorado typically dry?
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Very dry, except some years they get a lot of snow in the winter.
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I didn’t realize that. Is it difficult to grow food there?
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On the Western slope, they can and do grow a lot of different types of food. On the Eastern plains, think of the movie, “High Plains Drifter”, not so much. They have cattle ranches mostly. There are valleys in the mountains that can grow food because they have enough water.
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