Here are some recent garden pictures. Above is Jeff next to the tallest Sunflower we’ve ever grown in our garden, which we’ve been pretty excited about! At first it had one Sunflower at the top and now it is covered in tons of Sunflowers.
Some Cayenne Peppers turning red. This is the first year I’ve ever grown Cayenne, gotta love that Spice in life!
Here are a bunch of Purple Plums from a local farm that we are drying in the greenhouse. My mouth waters just thinking about them…
Some Winter Squash that looks like a little pumpkin
This Pumpkin plant came up on it’s own and surprised us. It looked like some kind of squash and we like surprises, so we let it keep growing. We recently discovered that it was a Pumpkin! How exciting! Must have been from the Pumpkins we carved last fall and eventually put in the compost pile…
More beautiful Winter Squash. We have so many different kinds this year, I love seeing all the different colors, shapes and textures. And I can’t wait to try them!
Another variety of Winter Squash
I’ve been admiring this Spider web for days in the garden. The spider built it’s web on a heavily loaded blackberry branch. Jeff taught me to appreciate the beauty of Spider webs. Before I met him, I guess I never really gave them much thought, besides being terrified that a spider might be near. 🙂 But now I am amazed at the beauty of their webs and all of the work they put into them. I love to see webs shining in the sunlight and webs covered in droplets of water. Below is another view.
Our September garden is giving us lots of cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, cayennes, jalepenos, and some summer squash- zucchini, patty pan and yellow crookneck. The Winter Squash is looking beautiful, not yet ready for harvest. We’ve enjoyed eating some delicious, crunchy carrots (they’re still small right now, but needed to be tasted early.)
All of our garden beds have been transformed- many things have been pulled up now, squash vines and cucumber vines are drying up- putting all their energy into fruiting, many things are going to seed. We’ve harvested lots of chives and basil, drying them for winter.
There’s apples, purple plums and white peaches still ripening on our trees, not quite ready.
Fall is coming and the pace of the garden is beginning to slow.
The Sunflowers soak up the end of summer light and I follow their example.
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