Goodnight, Garden....

We put the garden to bed this morning.  We cleaned up the beds and spread straw to help weed suppression during the winter.   

Calendula 

Rose hips 

The pink rose is still blooming - a memory from summer  

Hauling the bales ^^ to spread in the garden

Screening the compost, getting it ready to spread in the garden

Up next - some seed packaging and maybe some rose pruning before the weather gets too wintry.  See you again soon!  

Fall Color

What a beautiful fall we are having here in Oregon!  After a wet beginning to the month we have been enjoying a long stretch of warm, dry weather - with even more in the forecast.  

Our garden crew had our annual Harvest Party today celebrating the end of the summer.  We feasted on stews and soups made from veggies harvested in the garden this summer. Afterwards I headed to the garden for a few snapshots. 

Hops vine showing it's fall color 

Calendula is blooming all over the garden, and horehound is coming back after being cut down earlier this summer (below) 

Zinnia in the sun

Grapevine on the fence turning yellow 

Have good harvest season, we will see you later in the year when we start packaging the seeds we harvested a few weeks ago.