It's September, and the garden is winding down, mostly. The pumpkins are coloring nicely, and while they will be too late in coming for most folks, they will be right on time for Halloween. I was feeling kinda down about the garden this year. Many things didn't go as I'd planned, and harvests were smaller than I'd hoped. But then yesterday, I decided to just walk around and really look at the spaces around me. Which are not slowing down. In fact, everything is literally thrumming with life....

It's that time of year when I start to feel overwhelmed and disappointed in the garden. Either things have ripened too fast and gotten...

Wildfire smoke from Canada is making it hard for the sun to get through. It's slowing down the tomatoes, and I wonder if they will ever...