This growing season is about over. We had our first freeze, with no warning frosts on the 19th. We had 24 degrees. Not everything froze. The marigolds did, and the volunteer cantelope. And of course, anything left in the garden, which wasn't much. I gave up on the tomatoes weeks ago. There was a couple more zucchinis, so we ate one in zucchini scramble and the other one is still sitting on my counter waiting to be grated and frozen for zucchini bread. So, I still have flowers to look at, my pansies, and mums, and my petunias in the planters on the west side of the house.
I've been wanting to clean the leaves and cornshucks off the deck and patio, so I did that today. It was gorgeous, and 70 with no wind. I brought in all the deck flowers and cleaned up some extra things that live on the deck in the summer so it looks bare out there. I want to bring the the deck cushions, but I'm going to wait until this very nice fall is over. We've had some very nice weeks, 40ish nights and 60 and 70ish days. It has been a beautiful fall.
Finally, the mums are in bloom, just in time to freeze, thank goodness they do well in cold temps.
A few pansies are still hanging in there.
And finally the mum by the front walk. Blooming at last.
And it very likely will be goodbye until next spring.
Oh, wait. I picked some mint and dried it to use for tea. It took just a little bit in the dehydrator, and then I stripped the leaves.
And I planted some nasturtium seeds in my window box in the kitchen, where a basil plant has died.
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