some lasts, some firsts...

As summer is winding down and fall is here we have had some lasts in the garden and the farm stand.  The last of the sweet corn has been harvested and has been frozen.  The melons are done except for the mystery melons which are still in the garden but are not really doing anything.  The green beans and the cucumbers are finished but still need to be removed from the garden.  We are still getting lots of tomatoes and I am starting to preserve the tomatoes as juice and pasta sauce. 

And then some firsts.  We have the first pie pumpkins  in the farm stand.  I did make some pumpkin puree for the freezer from the the first couple that got ripe and we roasted the seeds to snack on as well. 

We have some gourds now at the farm stand.  I am really liking the different shapes and colors.

we bundled up some firewood...

and some cork stalks...

Here is the chicken wire frame that holds our information about prices...

Soon we will have the acorn and butternut squashes and I plan to bake up some homemade dog biscuits.  I made some for a silent auction/benefit and Caitlin did some cute labels for the packaging.  I decided to bake a few more, hopefully tomorrow, and see if there is any interest at the farm stand.  I am also printing up a few pumpkin recipes to have available at the farm stand hoping they will inspire purchasing of pumpkins.  

Here is the first of our fall decorations

It still needs some gourds but first i need to find a cute basket to hold them and something colorful on the door.  It is a work in progress.

first of the month garden update-perry corn, beans, gourds, zucchini

This is the a picture of a few rows of the other variety of corn that we planted.  This corn went in later, planted under better weather circumstances and the germination seems to be better.  Because it was planted later it is shorter and may mature later.  This corn was planted the 11th, 14th and 17th of June. 

This picture shows a double row of green beans on the right and two rows of ornamental gourds on the left.  These were planted from seeds.

And here is a row of zucchini.  These were started in the greenhouse and transplanted into the garden. 

Here you can see the a couple baby zucchinis started.  This one is about three inches long.