The Garden As of September 1, 2015

I ran around yesterday, taking these photos. You can see a bit of a finger in that above photo. Now, that just teaches me that if I want to take a photo, then I need to stop running and concentrate.

So, here we are at the beginning of September, the end of the summer. It's the 7th biweekly update. The garden has a lot of tomatoes and cucumbers and some peppers. But it's nearing the end of its life. The brown leaf disease, a common problem for tomato plants, is overcoming some of the romas.

You can see that the weight of the tomatoes is causing the plants to lean down and the stakes used to reinforce are overwhelmed. Time to harvest!

There are some flowers continuing to bloom, but the days are getting shorter and it just feels a lot more like November than September sometimes. Some trees are just beginning to turn.

Related:

The Garden As of June 1, 2015
The Garden As of Mid-June 2015
The Garden As of Early July
The Garden As of July 15, 2015
The Garden As of Early August

The Garden As of Mid-August 2015

The Garden As of Mid-August 2015

There are some green tomatoes like the ones above, but more and more are turning red.

Above is the garden, looking a little washed out now. Some of those leaves on the squash (foreground) are over two months old. Everything, even the trees, are starting to look a little dull -- but all of the greenery is very full.

Yeah, it looks like someone sprinkled talcum powder on the squash leaves. It doesn't help that the squash got attacked by the squash borer bug.

Above are the Romas. They are small and meaty and maybe are my favorite. The sticks have been pounded into the ground to help keep the tomato plants upright. There's a lot of tomatoes on these.

Here are the bigger, heavier heirloom tomatoes. They are great for slicing and putting on your burger.

And now, the parade of flowers:

All of the sunflower seeds that the birds have tossed to ground under the feeder have been allowed to grow this year.

Related:
The Garden As of June 1, 2015
The Garden As of Mid-June 2015
The Garden As of Early July
The Garden As of July 15, 2015

The Garden As of Early August

The Garden As of Early August

Some photos of the garden, now green and bushy -- with lots of small green tomatoes.

And some flowers:

The Garden As of July 15, 2015

Bigger and bushier than when I last posted, two weeks ago.

The squash is coming in nicely.

Above and below: lots of leaves and tiny, tiny tomatoes as of now.

Nice to have a small first yield of squash and cucumber:

Okay, let's close with some flower pictures:

The Garden As of Early July

Okay, I should have moved the lawnmower before taking the above photo of the raised beds of vegetables. Honestly, nine years of doing this blog and I still don't know how to do it right!

Here's the squash, above.

A couple of beds of tomatoes. I think there are 22 plants. And in the far left, a small bed of green peppers and cucumbers.

Above: about a zillion sunflowers coming up under the bird feeder. Hmm. We'll see what happens …

Lots of raspberries in the backwoods. Seems like twice as many as in previous years. They'll be ready in August.

And now, the flower show:

The Garden As of Late August 2014

The greens are going from deep green to a more tired green, if ya know what I mean. There are even some patches of red leaves on a few of the trees! The garden is in its lingering days of summer into fall. One sign of fall: All of the NH kids are back in school, with the ME kids returning next Wednesday.

Last night, we sat outside looking at the stars and it was so cool I had to wear a flannel shirt. Brr.

Here are the peppers, squash and cucumbers. The pepper plants are not producing. There are hints at blooms, but I think that they are done. This is too bad.

One raised bed is full of zinnias. Love the colors.

A closer angle:

The brown leaf disease has gotten the tomatoes, but the crop will be big regardless:

Some flowers from the perennial garden ...