Been Put To Sleep

 This weekend I worked on getting the gardens tucked in and put to sleep before the cold and wet weather gets here.

Three of the four raised beds are tucked in nicely.  The fourth is still waiting for the garlic to be planted.  Hopefully, we will have time to do it early this week before the rains come.

The Goat Pen got a little extra coverage with the leaves that were gathering in the corners.

I even covered my one and only flower bed.

I might need to give the strawberry beds one last bunch of straw.  Looks like they might get cold.

A little sad that the season is finished but I can now dream and plan on what plants go where next year.

Good night sweet veggies!

And now the garlic has been planted and put to sleep.

The Last 'Harvest'

 I was doing a little winter garden prep and look what I ran across.

We seem to be growing lots of mini vegetables.  These are smaller than baby carrots.

Baby potatoes with some even smaller ones hanging on.

Baby radishes

And the prettiest little cabbage that I have ever seen.

Theses Gardens Keep On Giving

 

This is the last head of cauliflower.  And one of the littlest carrots.

Of course, Avery would like a bite.

Pappy's turn to try out a little carrot.

We still have carrots and radishes in the grow bags and three cabbage plants.  A freeze is called for tonight and maybe some snow on Tuesday.  Better check everything tomorrow morning.

Sleeping Gardens

 

All that needs to be done is straw covering the beds.

Flowers, Fruits, and Veggies

Our growing season is winding down.  But we have begun to plant over-winter veggies. 

I feel that this season of growing cauliflower was a success.  We kept it away from the cabbage moths by putting it under netting.

The last of all the veggies.  Pappy's raspberries are still going!

My purple asters were a plant trade with Betsy.

I see a radish.

COSTCO find.

The Zimmerman's grew wildflowers this year and shared the last with me.

Not Pappy's favorite color scheme.  These are my high school colors.  We went to rival schools.  East being the best of the best.

Some Beauties

Sometimes the tomatoes hide among the clematis and you really need to look from every angle to find them.

The tomatoes showing us some love today.

All from a morning walk.

Mark has radishes in one of his grow bags.

What is this stuff?  I think it is spinach.  The Tower Garden has been unplugged for weeks but this just keeps growing.  It must have really long roots.

The remaining zucchini plants.

The peppers are turning red.

I just love a full basket.

A basket of any kind.

My last little Patty pan squash.

When you can't find a basket the yahoo's sand sifter will work.

They just kept coming.

I just love her!  That's two Patty Pans.

 

The Clean-Ups Continue

Once again I tackled the weeds.  I even transplanted flowers from other places hoping that one day this will be all filled in and you won't be able to see the weeds or the bare earth.  I'd love to be able to cover it with some nice mushroom compost or even mulch but with all the two and four-legged little beings we have digging and running around here, I am afraid it would not be worth it.

 

Most everything has given up.  There are a few lunchbox peppers, some cherry tomatoes and a few Boxcar Willy tomato plants remaining.

As soon as this zucchini is big enough to pick either garlic or onions are going in here.

I'm not sure what Pete Moss has in store for the empty bed.

Look, Murph, no scraggly grasses to try to get by.  We cut them all down!

Just need to wind up the soaker hoses in a few weeks and these beds will be closed for the winter.

The Little Tomato Thief

Avery loves a good tomato!

He eats them like apples. This one was supposed to go to Pappy.

Surprises From Every Corner

 

I have never seen this before.  The bean vine worked its way over to the tomato cage.  It wrapped itself around the cage and as it grew it pulled the tomato cage out of the dirt.  It was hanging in mid-air when I stumbled upon it!  CRAZY!

Even with the netting some cabbage moths got in and ate three of four plants.

Just now finally got some zucchini!  Planted once and the vine bores got all the plants.  So I went to the other side of the yard and planted six hills in the first raised bed.  All six plants have fruit on them.  I see some zucchini bread in our future.

On a  whim, I saved the top from the pineapple that we cut for dinner a few months ago.  I planted it in a little pot and look what happened.  All of the brown is the original top of the pineapple.  All the pretty green is a pineapple plant.  I have since planted it in a bigger clay pot.  Who knows what will happen over the winter.

The two growing bags are doing well.  I think it is time to thin them.  Carrots and radishes.

I found these hiding in the vines.

Wish I had known this years ago.  Those are raspberries we picked for our bushes.