This is our new breakfast nook. It’s right outside the kitchen door. C.P. built the deck all by himself and did a beautiful job. I’ll plant an herb garden all around it next spring for easy access when cooking. The leaves are already falling.
I love these little orange “sungold” tomatoes. They taste like candy.
Pesto!
Bees love sunflowers.
The new front garden planted with evergreens, heather, and mums for fall.
Hibiscus flowers as big your face. Kids love these.
Foxglove
Marigolds and clover.
Hot hot hot peppers. Cayenne, jalapeno, chili, and banana peppers. We do so love our peppers.
We haven’t had to purchase herbs or produce all summer with the exception of limes, lemons and avocados. We’ve had parsley, basil, mint, chives, onions, garlic, lettuces, wild celery, raspberries, strawberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, hot peppers, grapes, dandelion greens, radishes, nasturtium, purslane, and rhubarb in abundance. We may get a few eggplants and figs in the fall. Blueberries and sunflower seeds are a possibility if the birds will allow. We’ve planted pear trees and I have one little avocado tree that may survive in a cold frame. I’ve been saving up all the excess for winter like a good little squirrel. Canning, drying, and pickling. C.P.’s next project is the cold frame. Between that and the new shed, I’m fascinated to see what I will be able to grow and harvest through the winter. Last year, we harvest mache, beets, radishes, and parsley through the winter in open beds with nothing but a frost cover so I think we will squeeze quite a nice harvest of fresh food out of a cold frame.