Mushroom Paradise

Went hiking in Collingwood and found several nice surprises

So many different types of mushrooms!

Little frog : )

Apples and a Surprise

Apples, apples...

... so many apples that we still had to store several boxes in the cold room after giving a good amount away

Surprise, a nest : )

Snapped a photo of the owner of the nest - hello, there!

It's October...

It's mid-October and the Pomodoro tomatoes are still coming. The plant on the left is standing, while the one on the right has completely collapsed : ( it's good I only grew two plants or else I'd have a basement flooded with these tomatoes!

Lost count after the 150th one I collected

Last of the summer plants

White eggplant. It did okay : / not as big as I thought it would get

My favourite: bell peppers! I would wait for them to ripen and turn into beautiful red peppers, but I can't contain my excitement and want them on my dinner plate now

Cleaning the Garden

Farewell, plants! You all did amazingly great this year :D

So empty

Mushrooms!

Found two "shaggy mane" mushrooms in my neighbour's yard. Apparently the young ones are edible

Just to give you an idea of their size

Edamame

De-leafed the plant to reveal all the beans

Too Much!

This is only a small portion of what I've collected ( @o@ )~

I'm so proud of these four - they look fantastic!

Harvest!

Leafy eggplant plants sporting fat, shiny eggplants

This month has been great for collecting a variety of vegetables like eggplant, cucumbers and tomatoes... so many tomatoes

They just won't stop coming!

Baby Squirrel

Found this little guy hurt on my lawn. Animal services wasn't responding, so I left him some food and water

I came back a few hours later and found the food was gone :D but it turns out that another squirrel hiding up in the tree had been stealing them

... no happy ending here ...
R.I.P little squirrel

Edamame

A single plant produced an amazing amount of beans

Can't wait to boil and salt them!

More Tomatoes

I've collected more than 80 already from the two Pomodoro plants ( @o@ )

Zoidberg

Crazy Cucumber Plant

Om nom nom, it's eating the grape tomatoes!

They have crawled onto the walkway

At least these big, juicy cucumbers are on their way to the dinner table

Dragonfly

It blends in so well with the surrounding environment

Green Harvest

What's for dinner tonight?
Tomatoes and a lonely cucumber from my yard and peppers from my Uncle's garden

Someone's been nibbling on the mini peppers

Garden: still overcrowded

Cucumber plants are prickly like a cactus and grow like they are on steroids

The bush beans are not happy about the tomatoes pushing them onto the lawn

What a bushy apple tree

Harvest Time!

3 month old Romaine lettuce ready to be made into a delicious Caesar salad

Tiny, round and cute 9 week old Tiny Tims

This little 12 week old guy fell to the ground a wee bit too early

So much fresh lettuce *o*