The Garlic Is Planted

The garlic is planted with a little help from my friend, Avery.

Hopefully next fall we will have 32 beautiful garlic plants appear.

Avery loves a good lunchbox pepper.

Some Tree Trouble

 While we were dealing with a downed power line that strung from one side of the yard to the other our neighbors were dealing with trees and limbs all over their yards.  We were extremely lucky not to be dealing with any of that.

I don't know how but Gabe spotted a 'yellow limb' on the oak tree.  I text pics to two of 'my lawn guys' and then an email to the Cincinnati Nature Center to see if any of them could tell me about this yellow limb.  They all agreed that it was some type of fungus.  I was worried that it would spread and kill our awesome tree.  The consensus was that t it would be best to cut it off so no one or no dogs would get hurt.

Kory came over with something from his deer hunting/climbing equipment.

And there he goes up the trunk.

It is a pretty massive oak tree.

The affected limb looks like it has a light on the inside.

Kory cutting with a small chain saw.

Slowly but surely it begins to fall.

Kory's job is finished.

Now it is my turn to come in and get rid of the evidence.

 

I enjoyed my campfire with some tea and I listened and finished a book.

This one little piece is all there is remaining.

If it wasn't for our Wammyville family village I don't know how we would do it.  Thanks, Jon for doing the research, and thanks Kory for the muscle.

I Love All The Colors

 

Cukes from the third planting.  Hope they make it.

One day's picking.

Nuts on the Bottle Brush Buckeye.

The last squash.

The gourds are coming.

This bunch has Murph's name all over them.

The gourds make me smile.

Large sunflower for the birds.

beauties

Some Ideas I Found

 

We have had Oriels in the yard but not recently.

I have one garden rake head that I poke sunflowers on and now this one will be used for oranges.  Thank you, Carolyn Long!

I love this.  And I just happened to have two old rusty shovels in the backyard.  I had help from a few Wammyville dads to make it happen.

I'm still looking for two more.

Another treasure from Carolyn's She Shed.  It had artificial flowers and a little bird that had seen better days.  In the spring I want to add some real flowers. 

I love having a place to store all my garden things.  Carolyn had this hanging around her house.  A friend of hers handpainted the birdhouse.  It is perfect and I found the perfect place to hang it. Thanks to Pappy.

The Big Clean-Up Begins

 

Most of the blooms in the Bloomer Garden have given it their best for their first year.  I started cleaning things up and gathering spent seedheads for the gardens next year.

Hopefully, the zinnas will continue to bloom for a few more weeks.

This was where I spent most of the day.  All cleaned and ready to plant garlic.  I also have a place to plant some zinnias against the fence.  I'm figuring out where I can add another red cardinal vine.

I harvested all the teddy bear sunflower heads.  I left the others for the birds.

I started on the Goat Pen but didn't get far.

The gourds are still going strong as are the jalepanos and poblano peppers.  I even found 6 small cucumber plants.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to finish up this side of the yard.  

We Have Seen Lots Of Creatures This Month

 

She was such a delicate shade of blue.

jar fly

The goldfinches have had a feast on all the sunflowers.

A little two-legged creature holdings a four-legged one.

katydid

a loaded bee

Thanks, Ollie.

My little praying mantis friend.

This one is wrecking the plants.