around the garden the day after thanksgiving

autumn has certainly arrived for the annuals in the garden...at first glance the pepper and tomato plants here looks entirely dead but a closer look shows some fruit was left on the vine...with its decay and fall tot he ground the need to put in transplants may be negated by volunteers...it is always interesting to see what overwinters successfully...

while we are talking volunteers, what i can only surmise was an incomplete harvest has led to new growth in garlic in one of the beds...i noticed half a dozen plants there so there will be garlic next june...

there are literally thousands of marigold seeds hanging around as well...there may be a super-abundance of blooms in 2018...

finally, i kept bumping into ladybugs out there as i roamed around...i have to wonder what they are finding in the way of aphids to snack on..few i'll warrant...they will be done in soon i am afraid and the question of aphids will be resolved...still, can i remember ever seeing this many this late?