We’ve had a wet summer, saw this weather map yesterday and it said we’d had over 17″ of rain this summer. No wonder it’s been so humid. I live in that blue space just above the word Vermont!
Today brought cooler air and by the end of the week our nights are supposed to be in the 30s. Definitely feeling more like fall.
There are signs of fall everywhere from the olive tinge to the trees on the mountains to the countertop full of peaches! You can guess what I’ll be doing this week!
There are tomatoes waiting to be harvested.
Mums waiting to burst into bloom.
Beans still coming in, I staggered plantings this year and as a result I just keep picking fresh green beans.
I have to transplant my rosemary plant this week. It’s enjoyed it’s time outside but now I have to move it inside for the winter.
We were away for the weekend and the zucchinis grew while we were away. I’m always amazed at how fast they can grow!
Blueberries are slowing down but I still manage to find some ready to pick. I will miss having fresh blueberries on my granola in the morning.
Our corn patch was a failure, the bears got into it the evening before I was going to harvest. We now have corn stalks strewn everywhere!
The guinea fowl experiment was also a failure. If we had a separate coop for the guineas I think it would have worked out better. Not only did we lose three of the original birds but the remaining two became very aggressive toward our younger hens. In fact one poor Buff Orpington was nearly scalped! She had to be separated from the flock for a week until her feathers came back in, as you can see, the top of her head hasn’t quite all grown back.
The remaining two guineas went to live with our neighbor who already had three guineas. So once again there are now five all together doing just fine. I will miss having them around as they did a wonderful job eating bugs. However I wasn’t going to tolerate them being mean to our chickens!
September is a bittersweet month, I do look forward to things slowing down in the garden but I will also miss all the abundance of fresh vegetables!
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