the last of my 2013 window garden

I guess it's time to accept that gardening season is over. I even started to clean up what was left outside. I brought in a few flowery plants that were still alive- as well as my lettuce and green onion plants.

I had a good run this year though.. for only being able to have enough plants to fit just outside one of my windows. At first it was frustrating to have such a little space, but as the summer went on, it was nice to be able to have it right at eye level and be able to see what it was doing and who was visiting it.

 

In all my decades, I don't believe I had ever seen a praying mantis in person, let alone be able to reach out and touch one. Or two.

 

The cucumbers had some of the best flowers. Which is good, because none of the flowers I planted ever bloomed.

 

It seemed like the tomatoes took forever to arrive, but when they did.. they took over. And grew and grew and grew.. even into November.

 

One of the best parts of having a garden is not having to go to the grocery store for lettuce, or onion, or tomato, or whatever other extra ingredient your meal needs.

 

Today, I brought in the last of what was left of all the dead or nearly dead plants- so perhaps I will finally get to try fried green tomatoes.

The final garden total (not including this final mess above) for the year was.. 8 green beans, 49 purple beans, 6 full and 3 half grown cucumbers, 20 lettuce leaves, 21 tomatoes, and some amount of green onion.