Swiss Chard

I had a couple of Swiss Chard make it this summer, and they are always a beautiful addition to the garden, with their shiny green leaves and red veins.

Coleus

This lovely coleus got off to a rough start, but was coaxed back to life with the long stretch of warm weather this summer.  It's enjoying a nice shady spot on the fence under the neighbor's cedar tree.

French Work Table---Pine and Metal

About seven years ago, I found this lovely round dining table and four ladderback chairs.  After I got a new larger dining room set last November, this table ended up in the garage near the laundry room.  Over the last year and this summer, I find many uses for this table--for sorting and folding laundry, for displaying produce, and for sorting apples and corn and other vegetables.  It's kind of a staging area, picking out the ripe fruit that needs to be used in the next day or so, or having a place to remove the corn husks before grilling the cobs in the grill pan.

I couldn't bear to part with it, so I am glad I kept it, and that it turned out to be such a valuable asset for my homemaking and housekeeping tasks.

Farmer Don

Here's the master of this land, posing by his Liberty Apple tree, a gift for his birthday 11 years ago.  It's our finest fruit tree, bought at Flower World.  It has the most beautiful fruit of any tree on the property.

 

 

Tomatoes

I've had one of the largest tomato crops this year, with many different sizes and varieties.  Here are some Health Kick tomatoes and one green Black Seaman tomato, which I hope makes it to it's dark brown color.

One Solitary Pumpkin

Out of all of the pumpkin seeds I planted, I only have ONE pumpkin this year!  It's a beauty, though, perfectly shaped, and starting to turn orange.

Here Comes the Harvest!

In the spring, we plant our seeds and fertilize our trees, hoping for a good and healthy crop of food we can use to sustain our bodies and souls.  In the fall, we get to see the results of all of our hours of labor.  The next few blog entries show some of the fruits and vegetables that persevered and made the journey through rain, cold and wet weather, and all types of pests.

Here are my Scarlet Runner Beans from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company in Michigan.