More of the Same

I know you are all sick of my garden work, and to tell you the truth...

so am I! 

I spent another three hours out there this morning, digging, digging, digging. 

I not only cut down the dead sunflowers... I dug out part of their roots. 

We had a little rain... and the earth is easy to turn over.  See the 

worm in that scoop?  It is full of earthworms.  This was a

mixture of dirt, straw, peat, and some manure. 

No wonder the weeds like it! 

Some of the weeds are coming out in huge clumps.  I have even dug the small trees I found out by their roots. 

I have been trying to get a picture of this foal for the last four days.  I finally stopped and took a shot today.  

The man who lives at this place used to trim our horse's hooves for us.  He raises Arabs and part-Arabs.... but over the last two years, his herd of 20 some horses was in a horribly overgrown pasture (looks like the ground above) across the road from this place.  Two weeks ago, he 

turned the horses out into that pasture... and I was really worried again.  But today, as I went by, all the horses had fresh hay bales. 

There are two Hereford cows and three Angus steers in with the horses in the big pasture.  I was so glad to see the hay put out. 

I love this display at our local grocery.  One of those gorgeous mums is coming home with us next week. 

These were the first pumpkins I have seen for sale, and you see that they are 

very reasonable! 

The last two years, pumpkins were high here. 

Our zinnias at home are still going strong, but starting to fade a little.  

I'm collecting seed now, so I'll have plenty for next year.  Next year 

they will be in the ground. 

Ditto for the marigolds.