Sunday Bits #48 (harvest, vegetables, nearly black flowers, sweet peas, power bowls)

Autumn has arrived on the prairies. Leaves are yellowing and falling, nights are cool, a couple have even been a bit frosty. Our busy harvest season has begun in earnest. Time to start emptying out those beds.

We've had such a great vegetable year. The raised beds were filled with garden clippings, straw, branches and such last fall and then topped with compost from Kamen Landscaping! Everything has grown superbly. Check out these Lutz Green Leaf beets! They are huge and tasty. The tops are near 2 feet tall! As I had planted many companion flowers to attract the predatory insects, we had very, very little leaf miner damage. If one likes beet greens, this one is the one to grow.

The Jazz potatoes are very yummy! They are similar to a banana potato.

Our grandson spent the day helping me in the garden and his grampy with the shop build. He really enjoyed digging up the spuds, said it was like a treasure hunt! That little fella has been helping us with yard chores since he was knee high to a grasshopper.

I harvested the gorgeous Birds & Bees sunflower heads for feeding the birdies in winter, but am regretting not planting more of them. I'll be sure to sow a whole bunch along the back fence line next year : )

Gardening Bits

My front yard today... needs a bit of something something.

This post, though it's just a simple list of shrubs, had me pulling out my planner and taking notes, mapping out a landscaping plan for the front yard revamp happening next summer. Get your journal ready!.

This is a very, very beautiful yard! Lots of landscaping ideas, flowers and shrubs around every corner. An enchanted glade of a garden amid forests and rivers in northern Sweden | House & Garden (houseandgarden.co.uk)

This yard is so pretty! Butter Wakefield's London Garden | Outdoor Spaces | House & Garden (houseandgarden.co.uk)

This garden though... this wee allotment garden is my muse, I absolutely love it.

The ladybugs were everywhere yesterday as I worked in the garden. While I do not recommend buying bugs for your garden, I highlly recommend attracting them. Here are the best bugs and how to get them to make your yard their home. Predatory Bugs: Good Guys In The Garden - Dave's Garden (davesgarden.com)

How to save Sweet Pea seeds from start to finish. Really great directions and simple to do.

'Dark Night' scabiosa from Renee's

Check out these great new seed introductions at Renee's Garden Seeds for 2024, like these nearly black scabiosa flowers!

Homey Bits

How do you feel about dark brown cabinets? You all know that I love white everything, but some of these have me saying 'hmm', in a good way.

Free printable calendar for your 3 ringed binder. Come with options for weekly food planner, a gratitude tracker, goal planner, notes, all sorts of extra things. Really pretty floral border, too.

I love this so much! DIY Sunflower Centerpiece with Pinecones and Reclaimed Wood (thepondsfarmhouse.com)

Recipes

These 15 cake recipes! Wow!

3 protein bowl recipes. These look so yummy! And good for you, too.

This soup - healthier slow cooker creamy tortellini soup! Tort soup is my favourite, looking forward to making this one!

We had another stretch of our fence done last week. Our yard is a pie shape with a long back fence, but it is not a straight stretch, has a couple of angles in it. Last year, we did the straight stretch along the very back. This year, we did the angled part, with the gate. Next year we will do the south side, maybe even the north side, he he he. Time and budget will dictate ; )

Anyway, I really love this new corner! We moved the gate out from the corner, a bit to the side, so we can create a curved pathway to come through the pergola, and make a lovely flower garden in that corner.

Have a Great Week ~ Tanja