It's always sad when the garden begins to fade, but there is still beauty to be found. There are even new flowers blooming at this time of year. Garden work has shifted to harvest, which has been underway for some time, and we're enjoying our own tomatoes, finally!
These two 'cherry' tomatoes, a yellow and black form, are sweet and delicious.
There are some big tomatoes we're waiting for too. Last year we had a chipmunk that developed a taste for them and would go around taking one big bite out of every tomato, but Mrs. F.G.'s trap and relocate efforts seem to have paid off.
The Gloriosa Daisies have remained spectacular even though they're starting to fade.
The most prominent of the new flowers is the Fall Anemones, a beautiful soft pink.
Tucked in a back corner behind those Fall Anemones is a small patch of Brown-eyed Susans.
And the last of the new flowers is this beautiful small-flowered Clematis, our last clematis to bloom. At our last house a strand of this clematis caught an apple tree branch above it and we had a glorious overhead burst of small yellow flowers! Here it's growing up against the side of the shed.
The yellow Clematis is a new colour to me, beautiful against the green.Tomatoes, always so good to grow your own, a lot tastier, and so handy to pick when needed.
ReplyDeleteI really love your pictures.
ReplyDeleteI remember that one-bite thing with corn.
ReplyDeleteWith it being so dry, things seem to be winding down early.
ReplyDeleteThose black tomatoes are so interesting. Your fall flowers are pretty too. I neglected to plant cherry tomatoes this year but hope to rectify that in 2026. With the strange summer, heat, rain, cold, dry, it is amazing any of our garden plants produced.
ReplyDeleteWe have been eating cherry tomatoes for some time but the large ones are slow to ripen. We had the first one today. So good.
ReplyDeleteWe move from summer growing season to fall harvest. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteThe black and yellow tomatoes are very different from what I grow, but I bet they taste great.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers! Our cosmos and now the gladiola are blooming now, and the day lilies continue though are looking faded.
I have those yellow cherry tomatoes too and I agree that they are delicious. My large tomatoes have been hit and miss.
ReplyDeleteMy brown eyes are gone now. I did clear out some salvia so they can have more room to grow. I have been tearing out the purple salvia as they just don't do well in this area of the country. I want good flowers and not just leaves. Digging it is a pain as the roots are extending everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI really wondered about those black "ornaments" hanging in the first picture :)
ReplyDeleteI'm never sure if it's Black-eyed Susans or Brown-eyed. Either way they're such faithful bloomers.
That is a very interesting black tomato!
ReplyDeleteIt is sad as it winds down. Lots of great photos, though.
ReplyDeleteI always like brown eyed Susans.
ReplyDeleteI have red peppers that will ripen in a few days too, just like your tomatoes. Yum! And yes, I see one "bite" in one of them. Be gone squirrels! :-)
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