It's November. Our first hard freeze was a couple of weeks ago, so this is our garden now. Mostly gone, BUT, look closely at some of the perennial plants...they're still green! Likes friends who stick around through the hard times, eh?

Thanks to the hard work of those who worked in Sept to get the stepping stones in! After our freeze the tiny seeds for thyme were scattered between the stones - the perennial gardener's hope has us looking forward to a beautiful mat of thyme in place of this year's aggresive weeds!

 Wasn't it crazy to see how big the cherry tomato plants were? Those little tomatoes were soooooooo good!

Just before the freeze I picked two of the little watermelon, just to see what they were like inside....

 they were pink and didn't taste very good

I also picked a few little pumpkins and put them in the planter at the front door to the parish center. Someone helped themselves to a couple of them. :)

So, now, as the garden rests through winter we can begin dreaming and planning for next year. We have a large, wooden box that needs a little work to become another raised bed, if any of our "Hands for Growers" are up to it we may be able to work on it some nice day this winter!

If you see ideas you like, post the link here and we'll start compiling our list for our garden for 2013!

Until then, take good care of your relationships - take time in your busy life to nourish them, keep the weeds out, and keep them growing!