it is pretty much the end of the gardening season here
now with recent rains putting an end to this round of the
dry bean harvest. the dry beans were picked through
pretty well before the rains started up so i managed to
avoid a lot of loss. i'll be able to pick full green pods
for shellies or wait and see if any will dry down before
frosts come along. i have bags of dry beans to shell out
sitting here waiting for me to get to them but a few hours
a day is plenty enough of that sort of work.

the melon season just ended. not as good as last year but
still acceptable considering how little work they involve
compared to the return. last year we had melons right up
until the frosts, but at the end the fruits were pretty much
tasteless. this year the plants got knocked down by powdery
mildew and that made a big difference. i hope next year is
much different in that regards.

squash, onions, tomatoes, garlic all did ok. will still
need to bring in the squash once it finishes.

now i'll be getting out and reshaping gardens, transplanting
some creeping thyme and getting the gardens put up for the
winter as the weather allows. a few hours a day is usually
enough to get it all done.

songbird