Gardening, anyone?

Frost warnings, wow! Farmers Almanac predicts first frost for my area will be Oct. 6. Going to plant some hardy greens and root vegetables, and see what happens. I like to experiment and see what works and what doesn't.

Speaking of experimenting, this year I tried a different kind of squash - patty pan. For the last couple years, I've planted the regular zucchini and yellow crookneck, and they were destroyed by squash bugs just as they were starting to produce. I don't know why I think I'm going to have any better luck with the patty pan squash, but I did plant in a different area of my garden (which I've read you're supposed to do when pests move in the year before), and I amended the soil with eggs shells that I pulverized in the blender (another pest deterrent). The squash recovered beautifully from hail damage, so hopefully I can stay ahead of the squash bugs now:

Thankfully no frost last night, but it was close. only 2 or 35 Fahrenheit. To cool

Wren - nice!! Congrats on the patty pan success.

Lovely sunflowers. it seems to be the only thing growing well

Daughter made my favorite 2 old moss covered wooden plant boxes which are slowly rotting. (

The portulaca blooms are soaking up the sunshine.

The creeping Jenny tolerates the shade.

Daughter made 2 old moss covered wooden plant boxes which are slowly rotting. (

Thank You!!

I'll keep fingers and toes crossed for rain!!

We've been having delicious grape tomatoes from the vegetable garden.

What kind of tomatoes do you grow?

You must love tomatoes!

Me too

I just bought s new house and the people left asmall greenhouse filled with tomatoes. And an outside garden with mature planting and a veggie garden with cukes, squash, peppers, and more tomatoes! Feeling rich! Have been eating the cherries like candy and doing plates of tomato, mix & basil with good quality olive oil and balsamic about every day. Yum.

A lot of mine is on the patio

Footprints- you are a good soul to share your fresh tomatoes with the homeless community. They have a tough time providing fresh fruits and veggies to those populations. Your tomatoes look divine!

Queenmom- haha! Depending on how deep those bathtubs are, I might trade. I didn't have a tub at all until two weeks ago, and little is more comforting to me than a soak. Especially when I sulk. Har. I was thinking I wouldn't appreciate the greenhouse. It's not large, but it's just outside the guest bedroom window. I was thinking it was kind of cheesy. Did I post a pic? It's one of those plastic affairs. But the tomatoes have been fab.

I now have a tub. But it is the old fashioned kind in a surround and doesn't cover my body. It's. 100% improvement, but feeling as I do about baths, I am upgrading to a soaking tub, but a modest one. With a tile surround and some bling glass accent tile. Work due to start in 2-3 weeks.

Very excited. Have already stocked up on fizzy bombs and shit, haha. I found a company called Soap Hope which makes micro loans to very poor women. The products are good, they send free samples, and I feel even better when I take a bath. I was so much more selfish, if that's even possible, before bc. I hate it when people say bc was a blessing, or made them a better person. But shhhhhhhh. I think it has.