Samhain in the Garden ... scary, very scary

Enter if You Dare
Isobel Gowdie
in honor of the first witches burned

the ghosties showed up when i uploaded the images from my camera to the computer

scary! very scary!

Happy Haunting!

Garden Friends

Guardians of the Garden

Last day of August

the garden is winding down for the season, in many ways... yet there is still much growing going on... alot of life, and more to be harvested... hope you enjoy your visit, on this, the last day of august 2006 ... see you in september!


one sunflower, not yet flowered, but almost









we have gourd!










herbs gone wild!




ripe tomatoes everyday!














acorn squash ... my favorite!

the beans are growing faster than i can harvest and preserve them

Harvest!

harvesting of the garden has begun!
i've canned up several jars of green beans and pickles! & I've made several loaves of my famous herb bread! how wonderful it is to be eating such wonderful food, grown with magic and love!

i've been blessed to be sharing the fruits of the garden with a few residents at the nursing home Minstrel works at, one resident now looks forward to his daily tomato ... it warms my heart to bring him a little love from our garden, it makes him SO happy.

perhaps that is what gardening is all about .. sharing the love, & preserving a bit of summer to enjoy all year long. I look forward to openning a jar of fresh greenbeans during the dark days of winter... like openning a jar of summer sunshine

i've not forgotten you my friends, you too can share in the bounty of Harvest... if only in pictures ... Much Love and Bountiful Blissings!

with the Harvest, comes alot of work ... i've had little time to blog, but will attempt to get us all up to date in the coming days!

Fullmoon August

Allow the quiet of the night guide you through the garden, on this the full moon of august .. 1st harvest moon

the Cauldron

the *cauldron* by day and night ... the new wood storage bench ... yesterday it was painted a lovely hunter green to blend in with the hedge behind it... the wood pile you see in the day time photo was burned that night (it would not fit in the new woodbox) ... below is a picture of that magical fire ... is that a fire imp?

Lammasday

okay .. on Lammas day i stood in the garden and proclaimed *The Garden has taken over the garden ... we are no longer in control!*


though the garden be wild ... the harvest began right on schedual ... for lammas i canned up the first of the green beans, and made pickles!
and the first two tomatos are harvestested!

now that the first canning is done... on to reclaim the garden!

the garden reclaimed

Happy Lammas!

beans

In da Garden of Heathen baby....



















would you just look how the pole beans have grown! so beautiful!






look close .... we have bean!

new moon july

This is our garden today, the new moon of July
we've not had much time to spend tending the garden, we've been out of town much of this month. when we do return to the garden, we are amazed and the growth and magic

lovely roses

this pumpkin is getting big!

the herbs are growing nicely too, looks like it's time to make pesto! and of course, some herb bread to compliment the pesto

the gourd have taken over the trellis, the dragonfly windchime chimes no more.. not until harvest

yes we have tomatos too!