Today, I used organic fruit tree fertilizer on all of the fruit trees in our yard. I also used an all purpose fertilizer on several landscape plants and pots, including the star jasmine that seems to get reddish leaves less if it has a boost of fertilizer.
We had a great harvest this summer of tomatoes such that we were eating them three times a day for weeks. They've slowed a lot, although we're still getting a few here and there. We did plant my daughter's baby pumpkin that's descended from a few (maybe 3?) she "bought" in a classroom auction 4 years ago. Some years she's had a handful, one year just one, and this year over 25!
Also, I don't recall planting zucchini, although I might have planted some old seeds. We ended up with many overgrown summer squash things that never really looked like zucchini, even when caught young, but they tasted about the same. One day, DD and I made 4 loaves of zucchini bread from one of them. With the remaining shredded squash from the one, I then made several pans of vegetable falafel-ish patties. I've given away some of the squash but still have a few left. I think next will be zoodles.
This lovely hawk showed up for my birthday this year to help celebrate. 😏 I'm not sure what type it is, but it doesn't appear to be the usual red tailed hawk that we see frequently.
