Late Summer Sunshine
Goldenrod flowers – for dyeing
Jonathan >
There’s so much to do right now : harvesting and processing garden produce, building maintenance that calls for full days of dry weather, cutting grass, keeping the borders tidy(-ish), foraging for natural dyeing materials. And then there’s serving customers and hopelessly straining to replenish our fast-depleting stock of hand-spun or plant-dyed yarns, knitted garments, crochet articles …
But it’s not any of those things that cause us to linger in the evening sunshine, to take every task out in the garden that might be more conveniently done indoors, nor why the cats come in for the night (if it’s not raining) at the very last moment possible, after I’ve taken Tilly for a walk, and just as they know I’ll lock the door and turn out the lights.
With the currants and gooseberries down to the last pickings, our organized efforts have turned to harvesting the peas and, since a day or so ago, the broad beans too. That’s is how we know that summer’s early has given way to late (if there was a mid, we must have missed it!), and the year itself from waxing to waning. From here on, every moment counts – it feels we’re on borrowed time.
The cats know it. The sheep do, too, and of course the birds of the sky, the countless varieties of wild flowers, each and every blade of grass, and even the mites and earthworms in the soil. All of nature knows it!
Already, there’s that unmistakable scent of autumn in the air.
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Sounds a wonderful life, though no doubt hard work!
J > We are in many ways very fortunate ; but there’s two sides to every coin! There”s no silver lining without clouds. And to make a silk purse, you first need to get a pig. All of which help to make life very ‘interesting’! ;~)
Haha! I like your humour!
It all looks wonderful! Our peas and beans gave out a while ago and now the only thing we’re harvesting are the raspberries. I’m trying to pretend I didn’t see the words ‘a scent of autumn in the air’…
You’re fortunate to have the raspberries – We’ve had to give up with them – and it’s not often we give up on anything!
That yellow is beautiful, as are all the featured veggies. Your productivity is truly impressive. Wowsah, as we would say in Maine.
I’m quite amazed at how much variety you manage to grow successfully so far North. Fabulous!
Gorgeous looking produce!
Thank you, Luffy. But it’s how it tastes that really counts!
If it’s home grown rather than flown from Kenya or forced in hothouses in Holland you know that it’s going to taste good
I so agree…every moment counts and it does feel like borrowed time.
You might say your summer endeavors are coming to fruition. hahahahahaha hmm sorry about that
J & D > No need to apologize, we are constantly tossing to and fro puns of much the same ilk!
Lovely! Food for thought and for the soul. (And from the look of those photos, for the stomach too!)
J & D > Hello Sandra. It has definitely been soul-food this year : we’ve been more aware than ever of how lucky we are to have the opportunity to grow our own food like this, as much as the food itself.