Posted: October 19 2009 at 6:46pm | IP Logged

October 16th is the day my state Ag inspector showed up to my garden this year, a day late and two frosts short.  I honestly thought it was too late in the season for them to come out and inspect.  Some budget/staff cuts in the state Ag department closed a bunch of offices and shuffled people around.  I looked at my Ag inspection from 2008 and the inspector was also out in October, but a week earlier.  In the years prior, the Ag inspector came out when the garden was actively growing.

Makes no sense to me to inspect a garden that is going dormant for the season.  The guy was trying to analyze damaged foliage that had been beaten down by the frosts.  Duh?

Just wondering how your state ag departments operate.  If you have a state inspected garden, what month does your Ag inspector show up?  Thanks for your input

Becky