This and That

...I wanted to get a picture of the tarragon blooming....so I went out and got wet shoes in the early morning grass...here is a snapshot of fall happenings...some of it doesn't look like much, but to finally have the energy and cooperative weather at the same time...and to get started on fall projects - all good.

 

teeny tiny fall lettuce...Will spread the last of the hay and got down there with the baby plants...a long long row, but no point in taking a picture of it...the plants are so small all you would see is a hay row...and then it rained that night - just enough to make them happy.

 here is the ongoing retrieval of the herb beds...which will constitute our little fall garden. Fall is a dicey time for gardens here...seems like you always get a really good crop of one thing, and less success with other things - but you never know how it's going to pan out; unlike the spring, where you can pretty much count on a big beautiful garden. For this and other reasons, we keep it small this time of year.

 Ah - the tarragon. I had a bucket of roots given to me by a friend, and have had tarragon for years. But this year, I dug it up and divided it and planted it into a new herb bed Will made for me...and it exploded! The reason for the bed in the first place was for a new round of rosemary...which has a life span of only about 4 years or so and indeed there is rosemary behind all of this. But this moment belongs to the tarragon. It will freeze back for the winter.

 This is a very big deal. A water source next to the garden. yea~! one of many faucets, but i cannot tell you how happy this makes me...do you realize Will watered the lettuce without having to drag a hose across the yard? oh yes.

 my little crazy fall flowers. I did start the zinnias, but the cosmos of course was voluntary.

and here we have Pretty Boy watching as Mousey Tongue digs aroud for the catnip that I cut back..I have more catnip and really should put it out, because for this cat it is a staple.
Finally, a shaky yet still lovely little film of the pond in the morning, I'll do better next time...