Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Plot Pictures 10/25/15

If you are in need of arborvitae trees, the Home Depot has them in stock. Well, at least mine did. My store is selling the 5 gallon trees for $12.99, the 7 gallon for $19.99 and the 10 gallon pots for $29.99.

Because of the intense heat this summer two of our trees died and so I was very happy to find these so late in the season. I like planting trees in the fall because all I have to do is dig a hole and plop it in. No watering. Yee-Haw! Living in the Pacific Northwest does have it’s perks. 😉

The only other trees on my list are a dogwood tree for out front and two espalier trees to finish my little “orchard” on the side yard. I know if I buy the espalier trees as bare root trees in February I’ll be able to save about $20 a tree vs buying them in late spring once the leftovers have all been potted up.

Pinky and her crew protecting the thyme plants. 

New grass!

It’s slow growing in the garden beds right now. 

I did pick a few handfuls of beans the other day though. 

And the Brussels sprouts are getting taller each day. 

And the beets! Aren’t they pretty? These are my Christmas beets. {My Thanksgiving beets are growing in the shade garden with the Swiss chard.}

The new recruits.

As long as I keep the beds mulched I should be able to harvest these babies early next year.

The last chance zucchini plants are all covered in a powdery mildew. Which is to be totally expected given it is almost November.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed I’ll be able to harvest a few little round zucchinis though.

Charlotte and her web.

Goodbye tomatoes…. See you again next year.

What’s new in YOUR garden?

~Mavis

This year’s garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2015 Garden Seed Catalog, or see the seeds I’ll be growing in my garden this year HERE.

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