Arrival of Jack Frost in the Garden

The first frost came early this year!  Last year, the first frost came on Nov. 6th!!  This year, October 24th.  I think we're in for a bad winter!! BAD!  I'm O.K. with cold but snow?  Not really. 

Well, the one good thing that happened with the first frost is that my crazy, mind-of-its-own pumpkin plant finally croaked.

I thought at one point that it would start climbing up the house. :-P

Transplanting Strawberry Plants + Other Garden Surprises

It's been rainy, rainy, rainy all week!!  The plants are loving it and so am I since I haven't had to get up early to water!!  Being that it's rainy and overcast outside, it's also a good time to transplant my new strawberry plants. 

When Squirrels Attack + Happy Garden Surprises

This is about the time the squirrels go crazy.  They just have digging on the brain. My raised beds look like Swiss cheese lately and I'm finding acorns and peanuts stuck in the dirt in the beds.  Crazy squirrels.  And when they attack?  This is the result...