Thursday, October 16, 2008

All Summer in a Day

"The sweet calm sunshine of October, now
Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mold
The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough
drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold."
- William Cullen Bryant

I like that quote and I think this weekend will bring weather that will make the above seem so right on. Well summer came and went without one post from me and as noone reads it I really wont waste time apologizing. I wanted to make this site as interesting as possible and chasing a 1yr old around this summer along with everything else didn;t give me much time to write.

Here is all Summer in a Day, this should make up for summers neglect.

Corns and beans flopped in my shady garden. We grew tomatoes on the patios and in the raised beds. The peppers I wintered in the basement are hot as hell!
The raspberries are finally showing up , they are a sweet treat but im fighting with the squirrels for the limited crop.Squash and Zuccini had massives leaves and flowers but despite my hand pollination efforts the pickens were small.




the banana went in a pot this year, shot up some voulenteers and survived a hail storm but no fruit or flowers.
Hibiscus, Asters, Massive Marigolds and Blueberry were the patio mainstays this summer and. Flowers on the Hibiscus next year I hope.




If it stays warm ill be eating frexh letuce and radishes on Halloween from the late summer planting.