Fall in the Garden

Someone asked me recently, “so, is anything going on in your garden in the Fall?”. Well, I took a walk outside in the backyard this morning, camera in hand, to find out. And, I remembered why I love fall:

The Second fig crop is coming on…

Flowers are still blooming including Roses, Alstromerias, Forget-me- nots and Dahlias:

Pesto is still possible:

Zucchini, though slowly being covered in mildew are still producing:

Herbs are in great shape:

Peas and radishes are working on a second crop:

Beans are just putting out the last few little green wonders:

The porch plants are still looking good including azaleas beginning to bloom and one crazy hydrangea putting out three new blossoms:

The freesias planted last spring are starting to pop up ( soon to be joined by the 80 new freesia bulbs I bought!:

Succulents inside and out are happy:

The girls are warm and cozy in their coop… checking out what’s going on in the garden:

The Golden Delicious is done producing but gave us lots of applesauce:

Which we shared with the girls…sort of….

Trying to extend things a little longer I set our new greenhouse right on top of one of the raised beds so the Roma and Yellow Pear tomato could continue to grow inside and hung a nice little Tom Thumb cherry tomato plant to see how long it will produce:

There’s one more reason I love Fall.  Trader Joes has all their pumpkin products for sale!

I love their pumpkin coffee, pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin butter…Yum!

Fall is also a good time to be working in the garden cleaning up, adding compost and planting shrubs, trees, perennials and bulbs.  It’s garlic time too! Today, after this great breakfast I’m ready to divide one garlic bulb from last year’s crop and replant each individual clove to have lots more to harvest next July!

You can find a complete garlic growing guide here on the Organic Gardening Magazine site.  Enjoy Fall Ya’ll!