it is pretty much the end of the gardening season here now with recent rains putting an end to this round of the dry bean harvest. the dry beans were picked through pretty well before the rains started up so i managed to avoid a lot of loss. i'll be able to pick full green pods for shellies or wait and see if any will dry down before frosts come along. i have bags of dry beans to shell out sitting here waiting for me to get to them but a few hours a day is plenty enough of that sort of work.
the melon season just ended. not as good as last year but still acceptable considering how little work they involve compared to the return. last year we had melons right up until the frosts, but at the end the fruits were pretty much tasteless. this year the plants got knocked down by powdery mildew and that made a big difference. i hope next year is much different in that regards.
squash, onions, tomatoes, garlic all did ok. will still need to bring in the squash once it finishes.
now i'll be getting out and reshaping gardens, transplanting some creeping thyme and getting the gardens put up for the winter as the weather allows. a few hours a day is usually enough to get it all done.
songbird