It's been quite a while since I last posted, thought that fall was here then 100 degree days prove that that was just wishful thinking. Notice Col. Sanders below taking a little dip. September was pretty hot around, it was tough watching the plants that I had worked so hard to raise from a seed wither under the intense sun.
Lots of Monarch caterpillars on the milkweed this year, we raised a few.
The last harvest, even found a carrot that I planted last fall. The only pumpkin that I grew came from TPW's compost.
Along with the garden and fruit trees I have also been planting alot of native plants. The Santa Barbara Botanical Garden has an awesome plant sale for the entire month of October, quite a selection. Put in 24 plants, lots of different Salvia, some Trichostema lanatum, and a couple of Matilija poppy. Have to find plants that don't need a lot water. Got two new chickens, 1 Barred Rock and 1 Blue Andalusian, the older girls have been either brooding, molting or the heat has shut them down. Not a lot of eggs recently.
Put in spinach, lettuce, onions, garlic, chard, a few pepper plants are still in from the summer.
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