if anything the garden looks more like autumn this morning than it did last week...which is only reasonable since august is nearly gone and mod-summer's day has passed as well...as usual though there is ambiguity in this...
the asparagus is till verdant...
and it has sent up an august spear...
there is dichotomy 9in the asparagus though...the berries are ripening ( i took two that were done ) a sure sign the season is late...
around the back of the bed the potatoes are showing signs of finishing up...
and the squash has found a new trellis...
while a less fortunate vine has invaded the garden lawn...
the maize has fall written all over its countenance...
something ( one? ) has been having a look inside the husks and then declining the ears...
except this one which was carried off wholesale...by some critter i should think given the way the husk was ripped open on the stalk rather than the ear removed husk and all...
while other ears that are as far along remain untouched...
the pole bean vines in the maize are blooming and producing...i found some mature beans which i took...
and i found a ripe tomato on the plant in the midst of the maize that someone missed...
another unmistakable sign is the vines framing the overripe cucumbers are dying back from the bottom up...i saw all of two open blooms at the tops of the vines...ans while there may be some buds i missed, they are just about done for the year...in thirty four days autumn is official...unless we're talking meteorological fall...then it's only twelve.
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