Garlic in October
Planted the cloves from the market, not the ones from the seed catalog. Next summer will tell if that was cheap or clever.
Beds and borders
Tomatoes
Planted late and staked badly. They still gave more than the two of us could eat, and the neighbors took the rest.
Watering
A barrel under the gutter covers the beds for most of the summer. A lid keeps the leaves out.
The compost pile
It works when it is wet and does nothing when it is dry. Grass clippings in thin layers, never a heap.
Seed packets
Half the packets in the drawer are older than the drawer. A germination test on a wet towel sorted out which ones still count.