The end of the Garden

I haven’t spent enough time in the garden this season. Certainly it was more than last season but that is not saying much.

I liberally shared the fruits of this year’s plants with the local wildlife yet still reaped enough for myself. I even canned about half a gallon of tomatoes. Mostly I ate them as they appeared. Stews, sauces and omelets were the primary ways of using my harvest.

The peppers did less well but not horribly so. I used enough and wish I had a few more. Sauces and grilled cheese sandwiches were the largest donees of their jalapeno benefactors.

In the front yard, thyme takes its time and the basil and rosemary flower and bloom as if they could withstand radioactivity. That is fine with me.

As much as I wanted a big garden and as much time I put into developing it I think 2011 was the last year for this man’s vegetable garden. Next year it will be largely sunflowers and milkweed so that I can attract butterflies. No the few vegetables that I will till will be from large containers that will be decorating my front porch. I will better be able to provide the TLC they need. The furry interlopers and the multi legged invertebrates will have to fend for themselves.