The passionflower vine doesn’t realize it’s time to close down the greenhouse, and is flowering madly and sending out ever more crazy red tendrils,
Even more blooms on the way (disregard the greenhouse plastic in the background),
Virginia creeper vine on the trellis by the front door — hard to believe it was entirely green a month ago,
Laura’s greenhouse-grown cantaloupe, the second of two. Very tasty, very sweet, a definite go for next year (we also had good luck with tiny watermelons),
While I was busy working on the greenhouse, Tom and the kids did some fencing in the pasture where the river runs through, so there was a bit of wet work,
The kids were playing around with the special effects on the camera and got some funky color and focussing,
Tomorrow we start combining the wheat…
Filed under: Around the greenhouse, Autumn, Farm Life
Becky, thanks for your link today to your 5 year old post on science resources. I think I will ultimately follow your lead and keep science unschooly for now. We already have some books of experiments lying around that will do, and I’m going to see if I can get my hands on some Mr. Wizard’s World (one of my favourite shows as a kid!).
Your daughter’s cantaloupe is a beauty. I’ve tried growing them in our small city backyard before, but they always rotted due to lack of sun I guess. I’ll try next year – we just moved to a 3 acre farm that is almost completely cleared, so no worry about plants getting enough sun anymore.
I forgot how much I like your blog. I’m going to subscribe, so expect more comments from me in the future. :)
Laura in Ontario
You’re very welcome, Laura, I hope it helps. And thanks so much for the kind words about the blog. For my part, I keep forgetting to blog!
Mr. Wizard is wonderful and the kids have enjoyed those so much over the years. I will have to remember so you have something to comment on!
The greenhouse definitely helped with our cantaloupes, and watermelons too. Congratulations on the move, Laura — wishing you and your family many, many happy years on the farm!