Pumpkin Harvest

Hello, and Happy Friday!  I am back today with some pictures of my garden, and what is being harvested.  I continue to harvest a good bucket of goodies every day.  But I have now pulled up several of my spent veggies, making room for my Fall planting.  I harvested all of my ripe pumpkins, making room for the many left still growing.  I clipped them, one by one, and rinsed them off, leaving them on the driveway, as I went along.

I heaped them up into my garden wagon and hauled them into the back where my garden is.

There are dozens on the vines now, that about the size of volleyballs.

And dozens more on the newest patch that I planted, about softball size.

The vines are spilling out every which way, of the big clay pot that I planted them in.  I can see this from my kitchen window, and I love looking at the bright yellow blooms every morning.

A few days ago, I took down the fencing around my garden that kept the chickens out.  Thinking that they really couldn't do too much harm now that most had been harvested.  WRONG!

They feasted on the rest of my cabbage, and completely finished off my new basil.  Even had quite a few ripe tomatoes that they could reach.  Stinkers!!!
I will leave the corn stalks in the ground until they are completely brown.  As October approaches, I will bundle them up and use them for decorations around the front of the house for Fall.

This is garden harvest I brought inside.

Piles of peppers.  Green beans, zucchini, always a few zucchini out there!  The last of the cucumbers, a few heirloom tomatoes, and cantaloupe.
As darkness began to fall, I was stopped in my tracks to watch the night sky put on a show.

I walked to the back of the grove, to get as much view the night sky as I could.

Walking past a reminder of piled debris in the middle of the grove, that we always have work to do out here.

Heading back to the house, and noticing my weathervane silhouetted by the night sky.

We are having some much cooler temps here.  But with them, are clouds and mugginess.  Last night we went to our friend's house for dinner.  We sat outside, and enjoyed the balmy evening, over good food, with treasured friends.  There was an outdoor concert nearby at the Civic Center that we could easily hear and enjoy.  A cover band for the 70's group Journey.  I didn't have my camera, but my husband took a photo of my best friend Jae and I on my phone and I put it on my Insta Gram feed.  Such a special evening, reminding me how blessed we are to have such special people in our lives.  Friends come and go, but the ones who are there to love and support through the rough times, those are the friends we want for life.  My husband and I left their house last night with full tummies, and full hearts.  Thank you Tom and Jae.  We love you!!!!!
Happy Weekend everyone!  We are going fishing on the lake tomorrow with our daughter Erika and grandson Noah.
XO  Kris