I cannot imagine a garden without sunflowers.

I love sunflowers. This year I am growing Zohar. They are a lovely, lovely flower. I am glad that I bought a vase for the store. I will take some in. It will make that lovely space even more beautiful. 

Next year I am going to grow Peredovik. It is the choice for seed growers.

Fallgold Raspberries seem fine, so I've replanted.

As you know I've had a wicked time with my raspberry bed. Root Rot. I put a baby Fallgold in where the red raspberries died, as my test subject. It seems fine, so I dug up two larger pieces and put them in. I cannot wait to have some gold raspberries. They are different than red, but maybe even better tasting. And next year should be amazing!

Oh yayyyy, garlic harvest day.

I love garlic harvest day. I couldn't wait to dig up a couple last night in the fading day. I could see enough to tell they were bigger than last year.

There were a few that were very light and had a brownish look to them. A dry rot of some sort? I have googled it and couldn't quite figure it out. Can anyone help with this?

I got the garlic out and set the Music in one place and the Red Russian in another. I like them to sit and dry a bit before I bundle them up and move them to the shed to cure. 

I was a bit surprised that Allan, aka The Gardener's Assistant, wanted to dig up the onions. I wasn't sure they were ready yet, but I want Allan to enjoy the gardens as much as I do, so I let him dig away. The onions look delicious! He did a great job. Not one slice on an onion.

Erin's big adventure. A day on the water.

Today I went on a little journey. We joined up with friends in Sidney and rode with them to Ladysmith in their boat. It was lovely. It was calm...hot...and relaxing. I made new friends and had a joyous day.

A humbling moment in the garden.

I often go outside at sunset. I stroll around. I pull a few weeds, I watch the sunset...I admire my wonderful vegetables. Growing. Tonight the thing that got my attention was the baby Spaghetti Squash. It is growing about an inch a day. It is about five inches long now. I have placed a bed of straw under it so it doesn't rot. The squash's are planted in the most easterly garden. I was standing quietly, just contented and serene really. I have never seen a dragonfly at sunset. I noticed there were two flying over the garden. They began circling the garden and me about ten feet away. Around and around. I could hear the wings making a clickety click sound. I never noticed that dragonfly's wings made noise before. My ever present garden buddy Beamer started making that clucking noise that some cats make when they see a bird. Beamer has never done that before. Never. The dragonfly's started coming closer. Their circle was getting smaller. They were circling Beamer and I, not the garden. Then they would cut across and go over my head. Wow. I've never had them so close. Then they were closer, closer, flying lower. After maybe 30 circles they were flying about six inches over my head. When they cut across their circle they were flying within six inches of my face. I just watched and stood dumbstruck. I could not wipe the smile off my face. Beamer stopped clucking and just watched them too. 

I will never take for granted the beauty I see and awe I feel witnessing our world and it's inhabitants....or my tiny little place in it.