Onion chives

The asparagus hasn't filled out its end of the garden, so I thought I'd use that space.

My neighbor gave me a start of onion chives. The chicken wire keeps squirrels and other small animals from digging them up.
I chop the leaves as garnish on potato salad and 7 bean salad. It adds a mild onion flavor. Little ones in our family don't like onion chunks. They don't seem to mind the pretty green bits.

Frost warning

Average first frost date here is September 15. It can vary by 2 weeks either way. So I was not surprised this past week to hear a frost warning in the weather forecast. In previous years, I tried to put plastic over my vertical frames. It never worked well. Too windy here, I guess.
I have way too many green tomatoes to let frost kill my tomatoes. This is after I broke off developing flower shoots.

This year, I took down the vertical frames and gently laid the tomatoes across the dirt. Then I got out some storm windows and laid them across my garden.
All that, and then the frost warning was a false alarm!!! I slid the windows across each other to allow heat to escape. Lows for the next week are predicted above 50. Oh, well. I'm ready now for frost when it does come. I just have to slide the windows so they cover and enclose my garden.

Compost

Composting isn't fun or glamorous.
There are many pluses:
Less trash in landfills. When I started composting, I discovered that I was putting out half as much trash each week!
Less fertilizer. I was already using organic fertilizer that I mixed myself. This year, I didn't fertilize my garden at all. Beans, onions and tomatoes are just as juicy and sweet. In fact, the other day I ate a raw onion by itself, and it wasn't a Vidalia.
As the percentage of compost in my garden soil goes higher, the veggies are getting a better balance of micro nutrients and not just the major PKN.
Last year's compost pile has grown some juicy, sweet tomatoes this year.
I'm becoming an incredible snob about what goes in my garden soil. At first, it was just "no chemicals or pesticides". I'm well on my way to " compost only".
What goes on my compost pile? Anything that was once a plant (except seeds, pits, newspaper with color printing), and eggshells. Crumbled eggshells are an important help for tomatoes. I even pour leftover coffee on when I'm watering.

Who doesn't like fresh asparagus?
I planted some at the west end of my garden. It has gone to seed, so no more asparagus for me this year. Once it establishes, it's just a matter of keeping it moist and fed. Asparagus seems to need lots of water and fertilizer.