goodnight Irene

Well, not that this was a banner year for my garden anyway, but Hurricane Irene pretty much ended the season on me. Everything that I grew that was more than 4 feet tall got blown down. Corn, amaranth, sunflowers. The lower lying plants such as peppers and tomatoes are still doing well, and I have lots of pumpkin plants growing, just not fruits as of yet. Beans aplenty from the 3 sisters, but there are no pods yet. I suppose it could have been worse, and this isn't the post-mortem yet, but its just the beginning of the slow harvest wind-down. I'm still hoping to get some good pumpkins by halloween, and maybe a dry autumn will allow me to get some watermelons that don't explode. :)

Walt Disney eat your heart out

Might be hard to see here, but that's a yellow Monarch on the Evening Sunflower in the garden. All the better since it's 8pm. :)



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