It's getting to be that melancholy time of year...
The sunflowers' petals are wilting, they are bowing their heads in preparation to give birth to thousands and thousands of seeds.
This particular pair really pulls my heartstrings, it's like they are holding each other in a comforting embrace before eventual and unescapable death.
A late bloomer, I only got one of these kinds to sprout this year, it is one stalk with multiple flowers.
Another late bloomer will be holding on for a while yet, brightening my days.
The view from across the road now...
I got a bit smart this year and planted tall cosmo flowers in front of the sunflowers so that when the sunflowers start dying off, it's still a joyous sight with the cosmos in full bloom!
I tore out all of our sugar peas...
It took me the better part of a day, removing all the plants, and then getting all of the seeds, there were tonnes. And of course they're not all for me. Every year I give away as much seed as possible. Last year I mailed out 30 stuffed-to-the-gills envelopes all over Canada to help my friends garden for le$$.
The above photos show where the sugar peas used to be, and as you can see it's all replanted with the seeds I had just harvested.
As you can see I still have a lot of seed left over, and of course I'll have even more in November when this next crop is done.
And you know, can't have good empty spaces going to waste, not when we still have time to grow, so this is all green beans now, should be able to get a great crop off before the cold weather starts, usually in November.
Next I harvested lettuce which was going to seed.
And I decided to plant some kale and some slow bolt arugula. I have lettuce on my walkway that I am fully letting go to seed and which I will harvest from, so we will have plenty of seed without letting these rows go. I have been giving lettuce away like crazy haha everywhere I go lately...Here! Have some lettuce! It's so life giving to be a part of the Food Is Free Project, and make sure to follow @FoodIsFree because John (the founder) has joined Steemit!
Lastly, let's take a look at some flora and some squash!
Thank you for coming by our humble homestead! What sort of things are you getting up to in your garden right now? Is it getting cold there yet? Feeling melancholy? Are you in a place where you can plant multiple crops a year?
