Green Tree Frog in the beans

While harvesting green beans, I came across a Green Tree Frog hiding out in the vines.  He was a cute little thing.  Obviously, I left him alone.

Harvest

With a day off of work I enjoyed doing some work in the garden this morning.  We also had a decent harvest.

Some Fall planting

Yesterday, I got home from work and was able to do some fall planting in the side garden.  I intend to do some more in the future, but for now it's a start.

I didn't take any pictures ("Oh look!  Roughed-up soil....") but here's a list of what I planted.

• Black-seeded Simpson lettuce
• Scarlet Nantes carrots
• Long Standing Bloomsdale spinach
• Sugar Ann snap peas
• Lacinato kale
• Cosmic Purple carrots

I don't really expect the carrots to do anything, but I figured that I might as well plant them since I have the free space and it hasn't really gotten all that cold yet.   Some of this stuff I located where the corn used to be.  Some is on the downslope side of the small red maple.  The snap peas are just inside the gate to the right as well as directly inside the gate.

I intend to do a slightly-later planting of the kale and, perhaps, the spinach in another few weeks.  I'd like to try setting up a cold frame in the garden to see how things go.

Cleaning up the garden for fall crops

I took yesterday off of work to spend some time with the family.  Because I had a little time, I decided that it was time to wipe out the main corn patch.  It was drying out and wasn't producing anything anymore.  It's time to clear the space and start a fall crop.

First I pulled all of the stalks out.  Then I threw all the stalks into the woods to break down.

Once all that was finished, I rototilled where the corn had been as well as the down-slope area again.

Now that all that has been done, I just need to go through and reevaluate what fall-oriented seeds I have to plant.  Its raining now so the soil should be in good shape for planting tomorrow after work.

Garden Spider found in.......wait for it........the garden

The Boy got home from spending a few days with his grandparents and promptly checked out his garden.  While counting his watermelons he came across a creepy spider and came to get me.

I promptly recognized the Garden Spider from my encounters at the old garden plot.  I promptly told him it's not poisonous and to leave it alone.  I'll try to get a better picture of it where the camera focuses on it instead of the surrounding flora.

Harvest - Lot of tomatoes, a lot of beans

Another good sized harvest.  Bear in mind that the bucket on the right is a good sized one.  It's not labeled, but I think it's around 5 gallon.

Harvest

Another respectable tomato harvest from yesterday.