So I'm finally done my class. Wow. I posted once while I was taking it. Shows you how much that was taking out of my gardening time. :( My poor garden had to suffer for my slight progress towards my graduate degree. Sorry plants!

Anyways, I did tear down most things in the garden and got it all prepped for winter. Just some simple leaf mulch mixed in and covering the beds. Put away all rust-prone things and my planting bench in the shed. Pulled out all dead plants. Etc.

I'm already starting to get seed catalogs for next year! I finally have time to start digging through them. I know I have to grow lots of cucumbers for all of my pickle pre-orders (Hah!), but I'm still undecided about the rest. I'm thinking some okra as well. We'll see what's new and 'in' this year. How trendy.

I also need to fix the ballast on my grow light. One of the florescent bulbs won't light - and it isn't the bulb. I'm gonna have go all Radio Shack on that thing and fix it up. But I have until late February to get that fixed or to get a new one.

Other than that I've made a simple wishlist for XMas for some gardening goodies. I'm hoping to get a Mason bee house, a kitchen composter crock, and some new seed starting supplies. I was going to ask for a full composter for the yard, but now I'm toying with the idea of making one out of a trash can (since the real ones cost about 200$!).

Already looking forward to spring!