My Backyard Garden

10/12/2026

First snow. Guess I’ll have to pull the annuals now. *sigh* z4

10/08/2026

Miltoniopsis, or Pansy orchid, in bloom today. 😍

10/08/2026

Not sure I was ever hip, but here we are.

10/04/2026

Just about missed her! I guess I’m not a threat. She didn’t budge and kept chewing her cud. I think the kids kept her up last night 😁

10/03/2026

Is #1 the wonkiest? It has cuteness on its side. Or is it #2 with its subtle fish face and tail. Place your vote for this year’s wonkiest potato.

10/02/2026

So you know when you just pop out to the garden while you’re waiting for your partner to get ready so you both can go to bank to sign things and you see a few tomatoes that need picking but there’s actually more than a few and you don’t have a bowl so you put them in your pocket but then you see one down on the vine so you have to bend over and then you feel something cold and wet in your pants which is very alarming …. Because I do.

09/26/2026

Finally got out to pick the tomatoes. These ones are Roma. Z4.

09/19/2026

09/12/2026

Endless variation. I love working with this flower. ❤️