That remains a dream of mine too! Makes a whole lot of sense and is pretty awesome… I was just going to mention chickens haha, the more independence the better, nice 
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Vegetable season is finished by now, but there are still blooming and colourful spots in the garden 
and guest chicken at my Mom’s - neighbours have some 
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I guess I was wrong about tomatillo and chile harvest being finished. And I’m making salsa tomorrow!
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I spent a few hours working on end of season tasks and it was therapeutic but bittersweet. It’s all part of the season. My guy built me a sweet compost bin to empty out my pots and put the leafy greens and our kitchen scraps (finally! I hate throwing them away). Got all the chile pepper plants done, trimmed down the wild tomatoes and did a bunch of dead heading. Still sooooo many tomatoes on these plants that are looking gorgeous.
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I have a real small garden so I grow a lot of plants indoors. I have more then 20 
This is one of theme… it’s an Alocasia.
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You should check out this thread:
It’s be the perfect place to post your houseplants! 🪴
P.S. Your Alocasia is beautiful
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Just perennials here! I love lavender, lambs ear, coneflower and hydrangeas!
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Coneflowers are one of my favorites. I ought to plants some…
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Ooooh yes come join the thread Rosa linked!!!
Nice plant!!!
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Oh thanks I will check it out
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Anyone remember the potted thyme plant I decided to plant in the ground last fall? Well, here is the before and after:
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I looks great! Thyme and Sage are some of the few things that survive my winters. I just have to dig a path through the snow to get to them.
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I should plant some sage. It is actually kind of hard to find fresh sage at the groceries here. Good to know it survives the winter!
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I love all the fall garden surprises when some things die back and I find other vegetables that are still thriving and were hidden underneath. A squash plant went crazy around the garden and I found this real long zucchini standing up underneath it in a back corner.
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A few weeks back I noticed aphids had overcome my milkweed which is why no new caterpillars have been seen. After the lacewings showing up to eat the aphids and neem oil last week I saw a bunch of new baby caterpillars…I was so excited!!! The next day or so the lizards and wasps had eaten them all! I was so sad!! Today I checked and found one lone monarch caterpillar survivor and a monarch butterfly laying eggs!! Hoping to get this butterfly garden thriving again!!! I know it’s the circle of life, trying to be patient!
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Oh my goodness. We had a hard frost last night so the tomatoes had to come off the vine but I didn’t realize how many I had! Yikes.
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I had a similar thing happen, but mine were eaten by praying mantises!
From what I’ve read, snipping the ends first seems to be the trick to keeping them whole. Here’s a video with tools you probably have at home.
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