Hurry Up and Wait

   Only two light frosts have occurred this month, and the overnight temperatures for the next week are forecast to be well above zero.  It's best to leave the tomatoes on the vine for as long as possible, so they will stay put for a while. It feels like "hurry up and wait" where the tomatoes, squash, and pole (dry) beans are concerned.  I'm eager to get the garden cleaned up and the tools, pots, and solar lights put away before it gets cold, but can't really get at it until most of the vegetables are harvested.

    Antsy?  Moi?

Tomato beds, south side of the house.

Work Release Paste tomatoes - love these!  Productive again this year.

Striped German tomatoes.  One is starting to ripen...

Another Striped German tomato plant.

Hungarian Heart tomatoes (so the packet said...they look more like beefsteaks).

Coastal Pride Orange, a dwarf variety.

Black Prince tomatoes

My favourite new variety this year - Brad's Black Heart.

Another Brad's Black Heart plant.

Neighbour's kitty appeared out of nowhere to assist and be petted.

Midnight Sun tomatoes, photobombed by neighbour's kitty.

Curly kale.  Pictures don't do it justice.  So pretty!

Meteor zinnias

Lower Salmon River squash plants.

Lower Salmon River squash (C. maxima).

Brunswick cabbage, getting big.

Traipsing along the potato bed.

South garden. Cosmos, carrots, & zinnias remain.  And SO many weeds...

"Haii!  You didn't think I'd left, did you?"

Moss on the shed roof.

Dill, heavy with growing seeds.

Drying some bush beans on the solar lamp post!

The strawberry patch is getting it's second wind.