On Sep 11, 10:46*am, Karen wrote:
On Sep 10, 1:08*pm, "Default User" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Putting their gardens to bed or waking them up, depending on location..

Yesterday I picked a bunch (~2 dozen) of tomatoes from the
neighbor-shocking front-yard garden. Gave some away to the neighbors.
Some were overripe and went into a pot of chili I made last night. I
gues due heavy rains last weekend, quite a few were "splitters", so
I'll have to use them up here.

The neighbors across from me have a front yard veg garden. It looks
very nice and tidy. The green beans have made an interesting sculpture
that offers shade to their front room.

Congrats to trend-setters of the front yard garden.

Karen

I'm still around, Cheryl; still picking cherry tomatoes in droves.
They
did much better than the full-sized ones -- what the squirrels left
me, that is. I got to the point of tying paper bags around the
ripening
ones we I could get a taste.

Tomato volunteers appearing in droves where the cherry
tomatoes dropped from the vines. This year I am hardening
my heart and thinning EARLY!

One of the neighbors bought a humane trap recently
Whether it was he, or who? someibe just pointed out that
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SQUIRRELS lately. I doubt if it's
Animal Control; they wouldn't even come out for raccoons; they
sniff "we don't trap healthy animals". Well, la, de da!

Other than that, I still have corn coming in big-time. This
year I staggered plantings so they wouldn't all ripen at once.

Planted lima beans for the first time. They're just flowering;
so cute! Also planted carrots, green onions, snap peas,
radishes.

Cantaloupes about finished -- again, what the squirrels
left me (:

That's it for food.

Decoratively, I've been tackling some hard jobs. Getting rid of
those straight reed things (name?) was miserable.
They propagate underground; always popping up
where not wanted. I worked very hard getting rid of
a clump so I could make a path through the landscaping
to the back. This involves moving Clivia, which has to
be done carefully. DOES YOUR CLIVIA GET SUNBURNED???

Broken slate stepping stones with little Blue Fescue in between.
That can handle stepping on, of which there won't be much.

Maybe I'll take a picture when it's all in and post.

Then I have to get a big plant for the front (North), which
gets a LOT of Western sun in summer, and less in
winter, esp. because of shorter days.

Thanks for listening!

Hypatia