The following picture is of our end of the year harvest. Those are almost the last of the tomatoes, there are some greenish ones trying to ripen in the greenhouse still, Brandon dug up the garden on thursday and planted the winter cover crop seeds. This photo is from about ten days ago I think. Look at those pretty Dahlias. I cut most of the plant back, but there are still a couple flowers hanging on. The real suprise is all the freaking raspberries we’ve gotten. I got the double crop kind on accident and our fall crop is WAY bigger than our spring. Not that I’m complaining mind you. And a few of the Peppers. We didn’t do to well with them this year, i think a weird spring combined with the trials and errors of greenhouse gardening conspired agaisnt our pepper crop this year. But its still a pretty picture!
The house with its decorations. Oh, how much do I love me some plastic jack-o-lanterns… And check out my latest in chicken/duck foraging technology: the white wire fence. It works really well, I must reccomend this highly to fellow poultry owners.
The lanterns at night. I got a strand of big clear christmas lights and stuffed them in each pumpkin on down the line. Works great!
Senna and Val came over on Friday to carve some scary pumpkins. We also watched Pet Cemetery, which I’ve never seen before, and it was great. Kids are even creepier when they are undead. The pumpkin carvings from left to right were done by: Senna, Me, Val, and the chicken is Brandon’s.
My friend Suzie and I were brainstorming paper mache figurines for Halloween ideas while I was painting her living room. I decided to try some of them out, and Clara and Jack are what came out of my playing! I am VERY pleased with the result, check them out and lemmie know what you think! Their heads are made from paper clay formed over ping pong balls. The bodies are old clothespins, and the arms are pipe cleaners from Joannes. I used some of my bottlecaps for their signs. 
Happy Halloween Everybody!
Maggie
