The vegetable garden is tucked in for the winter. Just in time, as we're supposed to dip down to freezing temps in the next couple of nights.

In the raised beds, vegetables are starting to appear.

spinach

braising greens

garlic

All the winter veg is starting to poke up, though I had to re-seed broccoli after the buckwheat taking over that bed.

Elsewhere, perennial veg is looking green and healthy.

artichoke

asparagus - I imagine I'll need to cut all this back soon

Fruit is officially over, but there are still a few pretty things to look at:

apple hit by frost

'outlined' blackberry leaves

Still lots of flowers in the garden, though I imagine a hard frost this week could end that.

agastache

borage

buddeleia

erigeron

gaillardia

gumplant

hebe

milkweed

narcissus blooming already - not good

nasturtium

chuparosa

sunflower

tithonia

coleus

The trees look magnificent.

Chinese Pistache

redbud leaf

Chitalpa

Crepe Myrtle

Peach

The chickens are still laying; we get 2-4 eggs per day on average.

We opened the hive yesterday for the last time this year (unless something goes awry), and the bees (population down to a couple of thousand) are looking well-supplied for winter with plenty of honey. There was even a little bit of brood.

And now that we're on vacation for the week, that means lots of autumn walks in the open space.

The kids are starting to look awfully grown up!

Looking forward to family time and good food this coming week!