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Re: first frost

>cool down, so I can start a nice winter garden.  I am still growing
>okra-it's 5ft tall. Okra doesn't like cool weather, so when it does start to
>cool later this month, I'll tear it out and plant either bush beans or snow
>peas.  Tomatoes and peppers do great here.  In fact, I am still picking
>beautiful bells and pimentos.  I had 7 nice Roma tomato plants, which
>produced all summer as well as some cherry and Better Boys.  Our county fair
>was 2 weeks ago, and I won 5 ribbons on my garden produce.  1st place on raw
>pack carrots, 2nd place on a rich tomato sauce cooked with a bouquet garni,
>2nd on picked baby beets w/raspberry vinegar, 2nd on blackberry jam, 3rd on
>pickled baby carrots w/pearl onions & lemon thyme.  We have a bad white fly
>problem out here.  They showed up about 2-3 summers ago and thrive in the
>heat.  They have decimated the rest of the tomatoes, so they will need to be
>pulled up right away.  As soon as the weather cools, the white flys will
>disappear over the winter and then return again about late June-July.  
>>
>Jan Oldham, Office Assistant
>Academic Senate Office
>
Hi Jan--

It's a pretty mixed bunch here, a few of us from California (I'm in
Berkeley) and the Pacific NW, as well as AZ and NM, east, south, Canada,
Britain and parts in between.  Your pickled beets sound really good--were
they canned?  What beet variety do you like to grow in the heat?  

Some winters here it doesn't frost at all, although mildew and heavy wind
and rain can put quite a damper on the winter garden.  I'm hoping for
Christmas broccoli, but I may have waited too long to start them. 
Hope you're enjoying your Internet experience--sounds like a nice course.  
Welcome ---
Havi


Havi Hoffman
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