little sparrow mountain

Last pic tonight...virginia creeper

The six sister Pinterest recipe was very easy to make.....a canned pantry sort of deal but pretty good!

Thanks to one of the Stampin Latte Ladies...I have aloe again!  I do use it for burns. I hope it does well indoors.

Our local market had a great deal for canning so this year we took advantage of it. We got pears, peaches and tomatoes ( since the deer obliterated ours).

I am still picking little patches of tomatoes. I have mainly given these to the chickens since the skins are a bit tough. They love to play soccer with them.

I cannot wait to taste these! They smell great too.

We got 80 lbs of tomatoes. Bill has over last last 2 days made paste, sauce and diced tomatoes.  Bless his heart, all that peeling and dicing in front of the stove for 2 full days!

The stove is a mess and the tomatoes are not quite done yet....canning continues.

They look so pretty huh?

Bill has been drying pepper and lots of herbs

The bees are going nuts for these right now. They must be sweet

tomorrow is OCT 1....granted I have these near some warm rocks but usually these are gone by now.

My maples have not turned yet nor my burning bushes. The first trees always seem to be the yellow ones. The Mountain ash is pretty and the berries are super red  which sometimes indicates a snowy winter.

I bought a bunch and they are doing well. One of our little sugar pumpkins. We decided to use them for decoration instead of cooking them.

Well this is a first I still have nasturtiums. It has been so warm and just a couple of frosts so I trimmed them and they have bounced back

it's rather spooky at night

One of my favorite things in the woods......Moss.

there are not many this year....not enough to make tea. They are so pretty though aren't they?

twilight which is coming earlier every day now. I love the change in color but not the change in light and time.

usually it is the mountain ash

Loads of this too.....

I spread these every year. I would love to have them everywhere!

Sweet william seed

Went out to check the pumpkins and found 5 huge zucchini. Looks like zucchini bread and relish are on the way.

Buffy is our one chicken who has survived all the drama and she is the only layer we have at the moment. The teenagers have not started laying but should be close as they are getting their combs and the Silver Wyndotte is nesting in the dirt so hopefully eggs are on the way.

Isn't this a cute napkin? It is totally embroidered and hemmed by hand. I got 6 of them at the Goodwill outlet in Indianapolis (THANKS Chris Meador). Chelsea and I are planning a trip to the Salem, Oregon Goodwill this month. Everything is by the pound so of 50lbs of stuff for 10 bucks was excellent! While having my coffee this morning I realized it has been a while since I have written so I thought an update was in order. Last night we had our first big dinner from the garden. Except for the chicken (which we did not butcher ourselves) everything came from the yard, corn, potatoes, zucchini and all the herbs, ok not the butter, and it was delicious. The garden has done well, so far, we have collected chard, zucchini, potatoes, snap peas, corn, peas, beans and lettuce. The bad news... the tomatoes have been assaulted by deer and my in ground potatoes where mainly eaten by the ground squirrels, luckily we have both in pots on the deck . Next year the plan MORE POTS! B...