late summer at the farm

my last views of the farm were full of flowers and delicious vegetables. here a few of those vibrant images to pick you up after these past few days of rain.

late summer harvest - huge bowls full of tomatoes, hands full of peppers, watermelons! and more squash. i planted mostly cherry and grape tomatoes because those are my favorites - lollipop tomato was a favorite. the cherry types were matt's wild cherry and riesentraube.

this is a four o' clock, variety 'marvel of peru'

beautiful cherry tomatoes, ripening in succession.

one of the beauties in our herb garden - blessed thistle.

a sweet flower from a generic mix - love in a mist.

one of our mammoth grey stripe sunflowers bowing overhead. i'm 5'9" and it was well above me!

from our climbing flowers trellis, the morning glories were the most successful. i wish we had planted sooner.

here's a sugar baby watermelon. i harvested ten in all.

these wild sunflowers grew in a few spots in our garden, but i couldn't really be upset at them.

spanish brocade marigolds, my old favorite. i save seed from them every year.