All Hail the Fall

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We just had an awesome thunder and lightning storm pass through. The hail drove the cats deep under cover. Just prior to that the winds were blowing hard and we had a leaf storm with the sky filled with oak, ash, and birch leaves.

 The photo on the left you can see the rock pathway that was laid this year dusted with leaves from the birch tree. This is the start of the rainy season for us.  For most of October there hasn't been very much rain and we've been really spoiled. They say we are suppose to have a wet and snowy winter.

I decided that it was definitely time to harvest all the potatoes and the remaining squash. There are still a few  squash and tomatoes  still on the vines. Carrots and beets are firmly rooted; kale and chard still producing; even have a new crop of radishes that came on because of this warm Fall.  Gardening-wise it has been a low intensity year. I didn't spend a lot of time with it so I'm glad they took care of themselves. For months- there was no problem with deer- then they found their way over our orchard fence and trimmed all the new leaves from the almonds, Asian pears, pears... basically all of the newly planted trees (except the apples and filberts) were given a hair cut. They didn't eat the stems thankfully... we'll see if the make a comeback.


Here are a few images from the Fall for your viewing pleasure.