Well our last month here has begun and the weather has been perfect the past couple of days with low 50's and 70's for a high with tons of sunshine and blue skies. Just absolutely beautiful and we are starting to see some leaf colors as well. Saturday was a work morning for me then a fun afternoon with a mid morning hike to the top of the mountain and then cards with the Nymark's including their son Justin and grandson Owen until after 9 in the evening. We took(Steve and I) the grandson who is 11 on our team and we whupped the gals in two straight games.
After my usual morning routines that start with some quiet time to honor my Lord and give thanks for another day as well as lift up several by name I headed out to work in the back yard gardens. I turned the ground over and got it ready for next summers planting then took out the half runner beans which were done for this year. I did harvest enough to give our mountain mom Helen a mess as she loves these beans and enough for a mess for us as well.
Nancy was putting together a huge salad so I harvested some kale and Swiss chard for her. I still have some small lettuce seedlings the slugs haven't eaten, so I'm hoping I can add them to the salad bowl eventually. About all thats left in the gardens are jalapeno and Bell peppers which the deer have eaten off the leaves but now I've covered with the mess I use on the blue berry bushes, some kale and Swiss chard and a couple of herbs. I still have a half dozen beets which the deer have eaten off the leaves but they are coming back as well and I hope to add them to the salad bowl. It's been a great garden year and we have given away tons of fresh veggies as well as have eaten some excellent fare. The blue berry bushes are still producing every other day and they too have just been excellent this summer.
The heavenly blue morning glories have tons of buds but none have bloomed yet and have covered one side of the garden fence and the fence behind the marigolds which are still showing beautiful colors. The sun flowers are not looking great for the most part and are on their way out as are the small zinnias in the back woods beds. They have been brilliant this summer and I'll start to take their heads for next years planting. The butterfly bushes in the circle drive have set several small seedlings and I've transplanted 3 into different areas of that bed. Next year I'll take all of the veggies from that bed and move them to the backwoods beds along the dry gully which gave us the best production of cucumbers this summer. They have just about died but I still have tons of blooms on the nearly dead vines. They are not a fan of cold temps but with these warm temps the rest of this week we may get a few more fruits as I picked two yesterday.
That was about it for the day and evening as the Nymark's are huge Viking fas and they are playing in Charlotte against the Panthers and will be in attendance. We are scheduled for supper with the Luffman's Sunday evening so will skip out Pizzeria outing after church this day, LATER
