Fall Garden and Animal Visitors

We’re had all sorts of animals pop up in our garden over the past three years: turkeys, gophers, frogs, snakes — evidently gopher and garter snakes love our garage, lucky us, and now this snail that we caught helping itself to a drink of water from our hose:

The worst part of what I affectionately call the “snail incident” is that I got sidetracked just after taking this photo so the snail escaped and will continue it’s veggie eating rampage in our garden. Epic Garden Fail.

Speaking of Epic Fails, I’ve spent essentially ZERO time gardening this summer thanks to my sprained ankle. Now that I’m moving around better (hooray!), we’re starting to spend more time outside and more time working in the yard.

I’m floored by how our garden has grown since the Spring:

The tomatoes and strawberry plants are still going strong:

Nevertheless it’s time to add some fall veggies to the mix:

kale and chard.

Our daughter picked out two perennials to add to our front flower bed too:

Euphorbia Gloria and Yarrow.

While the garden has changed dramatically, our view remains constant and utterly lovely:

Love the sight from our porch!