Fall crops! YEA!

...it's been a month since I have posted here. Much rain (good thing for the pond) much rain (good always for trees and bushes) much rain (almost not a good thing with baby crops, but we'll take it). After the Spinach and Lettuce Scare of 2006, I am happy to report much lettuce and the beginnings of a good spinach row. I don't know about you, but I eye the greens in the supermarket with much trepidation these days. Many good things in the garden, but much of it is way, way soggy tonight, and I hear the rain coming down again. But that's ok. Before this spate of low-pressured-ness, Will was pulling the sprinkler around and dragging hoses, and it was a pain. And the trees were hurting, and there was no way to get to it all. In addition to beans and squash and MUSTARD GREENS! we will have little yellow potatoes soon, and other wonderful fall-type produce. We have flowers again, which is so nice. August kills them all, and it is sad to have no flowers to cut. We have accidental zinnias, from the row I pulled up (these were not planted, believe it or not). I did plant one other fence-row of them, but they're not nearly as nice. And, in a moment of loneliness, when Will was out of town, I got down and planted a row of French Marigolds. Will later fertilized them and did all of the mulching (thanks) and now they are the bright spot in the garden. I like this last picture: One of Will's sisters gave us a bunch of little metal signs for the garden. I like this one best, and move it around to the area that is most inspirational at the moment. Bad lighting, but it says 'INDULGE' ...More later; about Will's big paper/plastic owl kite. But I must take pictures first...