Gardens Are Sleeping

 It was time for all good things to come to an end.  We all hated to see the season end.

The gardens are now sleeping.

The strawberries have all been cut back and covered to keep them warm.  And the Tower Garden stands naked and alone.

The Pumpkin Patch is void of any color.  Maybe next year we will have better luck.

Flower beds are in deep slumber.

The Watermelon Patch has seen better days.  Maybe one day there will be a greenhouse here.

The Goat Pen has no more tomatoes or peppers.

The raised beds are waiting for new soil to top them off and then a layer of leaves.

It was a great adventure for sure.

Punkins and Melons

 

Look what we picked today!

And we found another little one.

The watermelons are amazing to me!

Mysteries

Looks like all these guys are on the vacation of their lives.  My poor pumpkin vines.  We got not even one pumpkin out of the actual pumpkin patch.

I'm thinking these are three separate stages of the dreaded stink bug or probably more likely squash beetles.

The squirrels have had a banquet on this beautiful, huge tomato from Mr. John's yard.

There are some beautiful strawberries left.  Amazing.  Early fall we will be cutting them back to about 2 inches tall for the winter.  We will cover them with straw and hope they go nuts next year like they did this year

Sad last really small and ugly cucumber.  They were a bust this year.  We planted twice.

The last little pumpkin on the vine.

Then I found that all the rest of the little pumpkins that were trying to hanging on were covered with some kind of mold.

Bug dance party on the pumpkin leaves before I burn them.

 

Veggies While We Were On Vacation

 

Even though we weren't here the veggies were not going t wait for us to ripen.  So Wammyville parents and grandparents came to pick so things wouldn't rot on the vine and we are so thankful.

Cucumbers on the Tower Garden

White eggplant for Bridgit and Emmy.

green pattypan squash

one day of picking

a different day of picking

eggplant

Look at all those colors!

another eggplant

English cucumbers are going crazy and so is the basil.

 We have a rogue pumpkin that is developing on the goat pen fence.  How did it get clear across the yard?

Another Tower Garden cuke.

Tomatoes ripening on the vine.

We have a little bit of blight but it hasn't seemed to hurt the growing process.  Knock on wood.

Thanks to everyone for helping out.  Bridgit the flowers never looked better!  Murph thanks for the pics and being there to look after things.  And to everyone for picking and playing with the dogs.  I looked forward to your pics, stories, and FaceTime calls.

I Spy With My Little Eye

 

A volunteer pumpkin (I think) coming up in the Goat Pen...clear across the yard.

Jalapeno starting to ripen.

An actual pumpkin in the Pumpkin Patch.

Cucumber on the Tower Garden.

Zinnias had a visitor with a hurt wing. An Eastern tiger swallowtail

My one prize sunflower coming up behind the cucumbers.

Side By Sides Three Months Apart

 A post came up on Facebook this evening and I was amazed at the difference just a few months have made.