I was tidying up the garden bed in the side yard last night and decided to snap a few pictures to show you what’s happening at my place.
The tomatoes are still coming in a few at a time. I’ve been tucking the San Marzanos into the freezer in zip baggies. I plan on making a batch of sauce with them at the end of the season.
The green beans are still drying on the trellis. I was away during prime picking and when I got back they were too big to harvest. 🙁
Oh well, I’ll still be able to use them as dried beans so I’m not too disappointed.
We have 4 butternut squash growing in the garden right now, two are starting to turn tan and two are still pretty green. I hope they make it.
I love roasted butternut squash, especially in late fall. Maybe this year I’ll make that butternut lasagna recipe again.
This year I was only able to grow 1 decent sized pumpkin. There are a few mutant ones in the garden too but this one that’s growing on the trellis is my favorite.
It should be ready to pick in another week or so.
And my lime light hydrangeas!!! Aren’t they beautiful? The ones in our backyard are already a beautiful dusty pink color.
The ones we planted out front are just beginning to change from white to the tiniest hint of pink. I LOVE this variety!!
Most of the flowers out front are starting to wind down, but the autumn joy sedum is still going strong. The bees love it.
I’ve made two trips to the farmstand for pumpkins so far. I still need about 5 or 6 more pumpkins until my fall display is complete.
I think this might be my favorite pumpkin this year. Anyone know what variety it is? I’d love to try and grow some next year.
I thought this one was fun too.
I still have a few more candy corn buoys to paint before those and the bats can go up. The HH said we should wait until October 1st to cover the house with bats and I think he’s right.
It’s nice just having the pumpkins out for now.
We’re just a few days away from the official start of fall… Can you believe it?
~Mavis
P.S. What’s happening in YOUR garden right now? Curious minds want to know. 🙂
Andrea says
Those limelight hydrangeas are gorgeous! I should have listened to you last year and planted some lol. Here in north Texas our fall gardens are about to explode. I just planted starts of beans, cucumbers, peas and more okra. Brassica starts are looking good, multiple types of greens and herbs are being hardened off (in reverse, to adjust them to our still 90 degree days). There are probably 20 eggplants coming so I’ll be dehydrating what we can’t eat. Our summer okra has been giving a quart bag full every two days but is winding down. I have about 50 tomato plants that were looking great, but aphids and spider mites have moved in. I’m letting Mother Nature handle the issue, and now the garden is full of ladybugs and the baby anole lizards are running rampant. We garden year round here so the work never ends, but it’s work we love to do 🙂