Last week’s snowstorm really bummed me out — it was way too early in the season for snow and I lost the last of my tomato crop. I’d been hopeful that if I left those little green tomatoes out for just a little bit longer, they’d grow bigger. Now my poor little green tomatoes look like little tomato mummies (they’re totally white now too, it’s creepy).
It was warmer again today, thank goodness. And I’ve been thinking about my flower garden and wanted to share a few photos I took at the beginning of last week before snowmaggedon 2020 ruined everything.
My Gerbera daisy plant was enjoying the warmer October temperature (so was I, buddy!) — it even grew a new flower!
Even the Zinnias were holding on! I planted these from seeds in late spring, they were a tad slow blooming this year.
And I was so proud about how well the Nasturtiums did this year! I planted them from seeds in late spring as well — I had them in a hanging pot and then in several other standing pots. They just kept blooming all season!
Still going strong, even in October!!
I’m really going to miss my garden this winter — I learned a lot this year, and of course some things were successful and obviously some other things were not — like why did I only get one zucchini?? And I had a ton of flowers on my cucumber plants, but only got two pickle-sized cucumbers that my husband wouldn’t even eat because he said that they were too small. He’s so picky…
It’s supposed to be warmer this weekend as well, which is good because I need to break down the rest of the garden and store everything in our basement for winter. This is my least favorite time of year, it makes me sad to toss out potted plants and take down all my tomato cages. And we still have to rake up leaves which might be the most thankless and mind-numbing task when you are a homeowner…
But for now, I am just going to enjoy that it’s 70 degrees in November! Take that, 2020!!
Notes from a Self Quarantine 