Happy Birthday, Big Brother!

Thanks for being such a great brother, I love you.

Growing in the garden

New England Sugar Pie Pumpkin

Purple Podded Pole Bean

Little Gem Lettuce


Cour Di Bue Cabbage, Cheddar Cauliflower, Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Bright Lights Swiss Chard

Other vegetables not pictured: Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach, Oregon Sugar Pod Pea, Golden Delicious Winter Squash, Alaska Pea, Ragged Jack Kale.

Florida native flower seeds planted: Hairy Trilisia, Hoarhound, Gayfeather, Blazing Star (Liatris gracilis), Blazing Star (Liatris elegans), Giant Ironweed, Sandhill Blackeyed Susan, Coreopsis Leavenworthi.

Perfect

It was such a beautiful weekend. Blue skies with fluffy clouds, new annuals at the flower shop, and time well spent coloring in the tree house. It really makes me wish weekends were longer.

The Stealth Coop

This is just funny!

Acorn Necklaces

I love these acorn necklaces, they're such a great autumn craft! I found the tutorial over at Crafty Crow. I don't crochet, but after reading a couple how-tos, it didn't seem so hard. After an hour of muttered curses, and flinging it around a couple times, I had made a acorn necklace. Pretty and cool! I like that.

Cotton and Silky

These two crack me up, they're so goofy looking!

Juvenal's Duskywing

I saw this little one in the garden yesterday. Such a cutie!

Full Moon

Great photo you took last night, Hubby!!

Pickleworms

I've been finding these Pickleworms lately on my pumpkin plants. They can be destructive if not caught soon enough, (we found this out over the summer) so I've been trying to keep up with them. Luckily, I have the chickens to help me out. They never pass up a chance for a tasty little morsel.

Yellowtop in the garden

Hubby was able to get the second raised bed built for me over the weekend. It proved to be a little difficult trying to work around the Yellowtop that has gone bonkers, but he got it in, and staked the Yellowtop up so that it wasn't hanging over the bed. And now I'm just debating on what to grow in it. So many choices! But, I think I'm leaning towards doing parsnips and carrots. I've never grown parsnips before, so I'm definitely excited to give those a try.

Southern Black Racer

Soaking up the sun in the garden.

Birds at the dump

We were going to the Florida Aquarium on Sunday, and as we were passing the county land fill, we noticed all the birds hanging out around the retention ponds. Of course, we had to get off the interstate and come back around so that we could get some pictures. Wood Storks
Roseate Spoonbills
close up of Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Storks and Juvenile Bald Eagle