It is fall all right , cleaning, picking, winterizing

Snow is coming. So it's done for the garden, mostly, aside of carrots, beats, sunchokes, winter
Some last minute planting

Rose of sharon

Some shade loving perennials. Spiderwart went in there in hopes for ground cover and diversity

yarrow in sunny spot, spiderwart was moved from here to shady spot

Another area with spiderwart

Coop winterized, panel next to door and under the coop. all enclosed and predator proofed again just in case.

 reflector on nesting box

main coop also winterized under the coop panels

Birds munching

This one is a special bird, as a little chick she got her foot caught on something, had a wound, I nursed that one back to health, but she lost her toe, she can roost just fine so gets around well does all things chickens do... whatever that is. Then there was a hawk and it looked like it got her wing, that's why she is this way a bit, the wing that goes a bit under is injured, I fixed the scratches and cut right at the joint, she does fly quite well for a chicken, just a bit like that... and the right wing is the one that got it the worst from the hawk.

Other chickens went to hangout with us in the garden and were getting into all kinds of things, sorrel of-course :) was on the menu, and clean up of the garden of bugs, the caught mantis again... (3-rd I caught they do... saved 2 so)

Here is last of the garden greens before the snow

and last look at my monsters before they freeze

one pepper plant is out and in pot...


garlic cured

gladiolas are out of beds, in one however... they are riding it... they became perennials 3-rd season.

 hawthorns :)

keyhole garden all cleaned up , that one is sure a seed quality... nope... that's a hybrid F2 of some sort... for the birds I guess.

 last produce is cleared, pumpkins will ripen indoors.

Spiral garden cleaned

all the squash and pumpkin greens went here to make a base for a new bed

Indoors brought in stevia and lemongrass. These do not live in snow

 like so

 

celery

 greens and roses

 some more

And these... they would freeze anyway

 

 

Strawberry will ride it

 Winterizing some greens

 

 Here we are in wind and rain