These are some of the ones I’m on the fence about for next year. First up is the eggplants.

You know, I’ve only had eggplant a few times in my life, and it’s mostly been an addition to grilled veggies.  When I eat eggplant I like baba ganoush, a middle eastern dip, and I also like caponata in small doses.  But everything else… I guess I could take it or leave it.  I do like the Asian varieties of eggplant, as they give me small fruits that I don’t know what to do with instead of large ones I don’t know what to do with.  I’ve made ratatouille this year, as well as roasted eggplant, but they just aren’t my favorite vegetable.  The ratatouille would have been fine without the eggplant as well.  So we’ll see.  They are effortless to grow, so I may continue with a plant or two, but I’m just not sure of the future of eggplant in my garden.

Then there’s these little peppers.  They are cute and delicious, but, I have to say, they are a pain to prepare. I could see growing these if I wanted to pickle little peppers (think cherry peppers), but overall, these are so annoying to cut to use in anything that I’m definitely not growing them next year.  Maybe a different variety of sweet pepper, but definitely not these.

Then there’s the patty-pan squash.  These were good for me this year.  Last year we ate so much zucchini that I literally O.D’ed on it. I have eaten very little since because just thinking about zucchini made me nauseated. However, the patty pan were a nice treat to have here and there.  With my little garden space, I don’t know that we’ll grow these again.  Hard to say.  Now I’m kind of missing the zucchini, and since I only have room for one such plant, I’ll have to think carefully as to what I’d like.

The garden is winding down overall.  I still have onions and carrots, and my herbs have exploded.  Today though when I went out to the tomatoes I found vines full of a fungus, so I’m sure it’s only a matter of a few days before my tomato season draws to a close.  Now I begin the planning process for next year, which is going to start this year with some soil amending, as well as a test for the herbs.  What herbs will winter over here?  We’ll find out.