Fall is just about here but the grounds around the house are still
brimming with activity. The tomato plants, haggard though they may seem, are still making plenty of fruit. Our sad, stunted cucumber plants still eek out a pitiful offering every couple of weeks even though the stems are dry and shriveled. Some random squash is crawling along by the cellar door, even though we didn't plant squash there this year. Because of all the weeds there I didn't notice it until it had several orange blossoms. Long periods of rain followed by weeks of humidity have created a menagerie of mushrooms on the lawn, including one as big as a human head on one of the oak trees. Miscellaneous annuals, from seeds of years past, have sprung up here and there, including inside one of the upside down tomato buckets. I mowed most of them, but one neat purple flower grew up between the rocks on the side of the driveway. Go nature!
brimming with activity. The tomato plants, haggard though they may seem, are still making plenty of fruit. Our sad, stunted cucumber plants still eek out a pitiful offering every couple of weeks even though the stems are dry and shriveled. Some random squash is crawling along by the cellar door, even though we didn't plant squash there this year. Because of all the weeds there I didn't notice it until it had several orange blossoms. Long periods of rain followed by weeks of humidity have created a menagerie of mushrooms on the lawn, including one as big as a human head on one of the oak trees. Miscellaneous annuals, from seeds of years past, have sprung up here and there, including inside one of the upside down tomato buckets. I mowed most of them, but one neat purple flower grew up between the rocks on the side of the driveway. Go nature!
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