Summer's almost gone

The garden's almost done. There's just one row of potatoes left to bring in. I'll probably do that on Friday or Saturday--whenever it stops raining. Here's a lovely soup I made. Everything in it came from the garden except the chicken. The potatoes are tiny little banana potatoes, and the leafy greens are swiss chard. A little bit of chicken broth and some chili paste and voila! la soupe du jour.



The sunflowers didn't do well this year. Only half as tall as they're supposed to be, and the flower heads are not going to fully develop. The birds will be unhappy. I usually cut them with a long stem and tie them to the fence so that the birds can enjoy the bounty, but this year I don't think there will be any seeds at all. Still, they're incredibly cheerful looking even in the rain we've been having. I took these pics a couple of days ago when it was sunny.