Potato update

Remember that little 3 inch baby that came up randomly?  Well, it has gotten big.  At least 12 inches across.  That may sound good, but it is turning orange already. That is bad.  It is 2 months early so will probably rot before pumpkin decorating season. Chickens will feast!

Gone.  Hopped away, or cat got it.  So sad.

Picked the first of the snow peas today.  Lovely, sweet and tender will be great in stir-fry.  The terrible winds of this week knocked them down, but not out.  Yum!

All the plants survived the frost.  Hooray.

Saw fireflies for the first time tonight.  Their small twinkly lights are a joy to see.  Some stay low to the ground and some fly as high as our tallest tree across the road by the pasture.  Only the males have their lights to flash to entice the ladies to come up and dance.  They…

There is such serenity to a garden with night coming on.  I sit in the lawn chair by the fire pit and sing one last song.  The chickens squabble for the best spot on their perches. The once-vivid sunset slowly fades. The last of the songbirds flit by to find a safe perch for the…