Boo

The only good thing to come from the couple of freezes we have had thus far is the end of the Beast. I cut the shit outta that thing.

Another good thing about this fall/winter season is pomegranate, not grown in my garden for obvious reasons.

The kale has survived through all of the freezes and a couple dustings of snow. We harvested most of it and steamed it down and made kale chips and sesame kale salad, and the rest we froze.

The brussel sprouts are still producing.

Here is a beautiful squash from the garden that we baked and promptly devoured.

Fall Booty

Everything is from my garden! I should have picked some beets and kale as well...

Glide On

Peace Train

...by Yusuf Islam fka Cat Stevens

Now I've been happy lately, 
thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, 
something good has begun

Oh I've been smiling lately, 
dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, 
some day it's going to come

Cause out on the edge of darkness, 
there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, 
come take me home again

Now I've been smiling lately, 
thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, 
something good has begun

Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy  roller

Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train

Get your bags together, 
go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, 
it soon will be with you

Now come and join the living, 
it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, 
soon it will all be true

Now I've been crying lately, 
thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, 
why can't we live in bliss

Cause out on the edge of darkness, 
there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, 
come take me home again

*photo by Steve Keefer

Sabotage!

So none of my sunflowers survived to produce any seeds. They've been trampled, chewed on, tore up, and are now dying.

Same with the corn...I don't know what animal(s) got into this garden but it could not have been just squirrels. Some of the corn plants have been flattened to the ground.

The names of some of my favorite plants this summer for future reference:


My transplanted chicks are coming along quite nicely.

I can't get over how beautiful the hibiscus have been...

Here's the purple setcreasea with my icicle plant as a backdrop.

Arugula flowers...

Radish flowers...

Everyone's favorite: The Beast...

Post-Birthday

I've been getting bored with my garden lately. It's not producing anything new and everything that it is producing it has been for months now. I need something new and exciting!

I did learn that eggplants turn yellow if you just leave them on the plant:

Tomato plants still producing, although not a whole lot.

Pretty morning glories all over everything...


The hibiscus are so beautiful, but their blooms only last a day.

Party Time

Thai basil may perhaps be my favorite herb to grow, simply because it is my favorite herb to cook with...

The small white flowers are from the arugula I am letting go to seed.

This big bee was napping, or near death, on a sunflower this morning.

I picked up this annual from the co-op this Spring and I had high hopes for it - the laymen name for it is Partytime, I'm sure because of the bright pink coloring. It did not do very well in the spot I chose. I should have potted it and put it on the back porch so it would get more sun.

Small sunflower growing in the mulch with the hosta...

Lots of Pretty Pictures

So this isn't a very pretty picture, but this is what is leftover in the space where I took out the diseased curcurbits.

This is the area in front of it (towards the house) and it's filled with peppers and herbs and kale.

The pimentos should be harvested...

In the foreground is a long, red cayenne and in the background are some banana peppers that are past their prime.

This is looking from the top down on the brussel sprouts.



As you can see here, The Beast has taken a firm hold on this wind chime...