Fall garden looks good, rain is still sparse but have watered it a few times to get a jump. Got lots of volunteers from my seed saving adventures. Getting some nice melons out of the patch.
Pics! (click on the pic for a bigger version)
 This is a wild prairie aster I saw growing in pasture. A rare sight around here. Not a big flower guy but I like the wild ones. |
 Al Baby watermelon. Planted the last of the seed and can't get it anymore. Stepped on the first melon but now have another chance to save seed. |
 Half ripe Rugosa Butternut squash. Best squash I've ever ate. |
 Sweet Dumpling squash. First year I've planted it. |
 Garden burnet. Tastes pretty close to cucumber. |
 One of only a couple of sage plants that came up. |
 Litchi tomato. Cousin of the tomato. About an inch in diamter, has more of a cherry-like flavor. |
 Jerusalem artichokes in bloom. Flowers smell like malted milk balls. Bees love 'em. |
 Cinnamon basil in flower. Going to save the seeds for sprouting. |
 Cowpeas that desperately need weeded. |
 Some volunteer Red Russian Kale from seed saving. |
 Nice stand of winter radishes in the fall garden. |
 Jenny Lind muskmelon, or as I call it 'liquid sugar'. Unbelievably sweet but not much bigger than the palm of your hand. |
 Got a shot of honeybees swarming the goldenrod and boneset at the bottom of the garden. There were thousands all thru the pasture. |