Moody mid month madness

Not too much to say. Pictures are worth a thousand words.

(it's a dahlia pod)

kentucky coffee bean pods

twas hibiscus 

could it be?

November Air (and other simple gifts)

November nips. See-thru trees. Cold rains. Fleeting fading colors. Shiny bright berries. Glowing sunlit weeds. Snowfalls of leaves. Simple gifts.

Good Gourds and Garlic

Some wonder how Poppop garden will look in the midst of winter. Have no fear. Winter is like a good sleep. This garden will certainly awaken in spring re-freshed and full of vitality. As fall weather proceeds, there are endings and decay. Yet, nonetheless new color keeps a balance. We plant bulbs with eyes to the future when they will spring up to cheer the new year. One of those bulbs is garlic! We planted about 100 cloves. Next summer we'll harvest 100 multi-cloved bulbs. Garlic grows on you... it adds a wonderful spice to life! Then too, there are the fall GOURDS!

"mini gourds" they will dry out and turn brown over winter... frost is no problem

leaves down

The numbers are finally in! Not bad... only about 1700 lbs to go for a world record!

... we captured this image of a witch steeling our strawberries...

We plant garlic to keep the witches away?

The fall sky never fails to be exciting, one way or another.

eye in the sky 

love puff 

Tilled to bed for winter. Only few survive the frost.

Finally! The Big FREEZE.

Finally, it has happened. We have had overnight lows of 26-27 for the last three days. Hard frost. I usually expect this by mid month, so it's a bit late, maybe. Anyway, the swiss chard and the roman cauliflower survive. Time to plant garlic and shallots. Time to till it all to bed for the winter.

Royal Paulownia tree... drops all it's leaves the morning after frost

swiss chard ... and yet it survives!

frost on the pumpkins (It disappears when it thaws.)