Abundant Harvest, Abundant Beauty

It has been a while since my last post.  Not much has really happened on the garden front other the the same stuff that happened the time before.  We have had a slow but steady harvest of squashes and peppers.  The tomatoes have been slow to ripen.  And the onions have been harvested, though it was a rather disappointing crop.  Mostly small onions.

The Beans are taking their time, finally blossoming in the last week.  The beans are starting to form.

We also harvested 4 quarts of cherry tomatoes (Sun Gold and Sweet One Hundreds).  Too much all at once.  So neighbors are getting the benefit of fresh picked tomatoes.

While at the garden yesterday evening a family of Turkeys wandered by.  We have seen them around and heard them, too, but not this year yet. 

And yes, that is a bride being photographed off in the distance.  There are often photographers wandering around using the grounds as background for senior portraits and wedding pictures.  And weddings and receptions are not uncommon. 

One of our garden neighbor's sunflowers.

We are having some gorgeous weather

We are having some very fine weather now: occasional rain showers, plenty of sun, not too hot.  The garden is responding very nicely.  Everything is green and lush.

We had some of our Chard this week.  Nothing like fresh from the garden.

The Beans are climbing and I expect we will see blossoms very soon.

The Tomatoes have gone wild.  We aren't really staking them this year and the plants have been unbelievably vigorous.  Not many tomatoes yet.

The Squashes are doing much better now and we have been getting a slow, steady stream of yellow and green squashes to add to our menus at home.  The Patty Pans are mostly being eaten by some small toothed being.  Not sure who the culprit is, but if the Patty Pans continue to serve as a decoy and the other squashes are left untouched (as has been the case so far), we can accept that sacrifice.

The evening's bounty.

And part of the garlic harvest.

We were treated to a fly over by some Canada Geese.  Always fun to see.

Just a lovely picture on a lovely evening.