FROST ON THE PUMPKINS

We had a nice, wet snow yesterday!

So, consequently there was frost on the pumpkins this morning.

As you can see, our small garden produced a bumper crop of gourds and pumpkins this year.

Just in time for a Happy Halloween weekend!

Enjoy all those little ghosts and goblins!

READY FOR FALL!

Our pumpkin patch has gone crazy this year. Even though it isn't even the first of September they are almost ready. Does this mean we will have an early Fall and Winter?
The little decorative pumpkins seem to be ready, also.

The beginning of the school year also signals Fall to me. My grandkids are ready - they start on Monday.

Wyatt will be in the 4th grade, and Caitlin starts high school (oh, my!).

I've been rather negligent in taking pictures of them this summer so Caitlin and I decided it was time for a 'photo shoot' down at the river to celebrate the beginning of her high school years.

Where have the years gone?

I'm joining Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday.

PITIFUL PUMPKIN PARADE

Most years we have an acceptable pumpkin crop from our garden. But this year it has been pretty pathetic. We don't know if it was too much rain at the wrong time, or too little water at the right time. Plus, the bees were confused, and we had a cross-pollination issue with our large pumpkins and our small gourds. Not a pretty sight.

What you see below is our entire pumpkin yield - 7 miniature pumpkins.

At least there were more than three so that I can participate in Three or More Tuesday hosted by Tam at The Gypsy's Corner.

Please check out Tam's blog for a list of the participants in today's event.

Hope you are enjoying Harvest Time!!

Sally