End of Summer

Ah, that feeling is upon us. The cooling air . . . the dropping, yellowing leaves . . . the drying up of the blackberries. Of course, this is how it's been since July, but still - it definitely feels like autumn has officially arrived.

After approximately a month away, I've returned, and had a chance to see our garden.

Luckily for me, Sarah and my DH have made some improvements in the time away. There is grass aplenty in the back "half" (although there are also 100 baby brambles interspersed). Duren and his friend Sam have cleared out most of the "goat pen" and the huge pile of dried cuttings, and today we used Sarah's new mower to cut the grass/brambles to a nice "lawn."

And we also had a nice moment tonight - we took home our first cucumber. Ah, the allotment life. I think I'll keep it.