The End of the Season

Gardening season seems to come and go so quickly in Inuvik, although yes, I know we live above the Arctic Circle and should expect a short season but as they say 'time flies when you are having fun'. So in early- mid April I was planting seeds and now in early- mid September my garden is almost completely cleaned out and harvested. It has been a great gardening season as usual with a good bounty of healthy food and nutrients and of course the always present variable that some things worked and some things didn't work so well. The joy of gardening!

The last harvest included chives (which I will leave in the garden cut off and hope they grow back in early season next year), lots of beets were still in the ground until the very end and I got a good harvest of herbs to be dried. Amazingly enough there was still some good lettuce at the end of season, a second or even third planting of the season. And lots of green tomatoes that will ripen on the kitchen counter.

In my estimate I will have garden veggies in my fridge for another 7-10 days and then the season will officially be over. Thank you for listening (reading)!

S.