What is happening in the garden today

Pretty purple petunias

Crocosmia masonorum 'Lucifer'

I love the look of Crocosmia. Especially this vibrant red.


Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'
AKA black eye Susan. I like this one because it is not
your typical yellow and black.



I am not sure what this one is. It looks a bit like
a coneflower but it is yellow and orange and has
those weird little trumpet flower parts coming
out where you would normally see petals.




My red petunia planter. It has some white posies and
a sweet potato vine in there.



I like the look of this delicate pink annual.

Here we have Chasmanthium latifolium

Norther Sea Oats

I like it because it looks a bit like bamboo and will have

really interesting seed heads.

Echinacea 'Big Sky Sundown"

a non purple coneflower.

The bees are totally loving this flower right now

Check out this mutant one. I think it is Siamese twins.

the stem is twice as thick as normal too.

Off to the left you can see a bee coming in for a landing.

A seashell cosmos

I grew these from seeds this year. I think i might

grow them next year as well.

This is a Cleom - also called a spider flower

for obvious reasons. they are kind of groovy.

Not much happening in the veggie garden. things are growing and

many have flowers.

Here is the bean trellis that Scott whipped together for me.

My tomato bed. Perhaps they are planted too close together.

Most if not all have green fruit right now.

so soon i can be eating tomatoes and tomatillos.

That's it for now.

Last Years Garden

Here I am, working in my garden last year. In this picture we have corn, tomatillo, zucchini, beans, broccoli, and edamame. What you can't see are the tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, artichoke, spinach and lettuce.

In the coming year there will be no corn, broccoli, peppers, artichoke. Instead we are having Asparagus, melon, garlic, herbs, more tomatoes, carrots and onions.

Yesterday in the foggy, chilly weather i started prepping my asparagus bed. I hoed under the clover cover crop, topped with a layer of composted steer manure, 10 pounds of greensand (mineral additive) and a bale of compost Then I topped it all off with a thin layer of leaves. All this i will till into the soil in February right before i plant the asparagus crowns.