am finding it difficult to have time to post, so I may not post much until after I get home late Tuesday night (Sept. 22).This is a picture of my Dad's garden. It is fall here (zone 6) and they have already had a frost (Sept. 6th) that nearly wiped out the garden. My Dad says that they have 90 days of growing--if they are lucky! That's why I live in California--where I can garden year-round.

The second picture is looking beyond their yard to the forest, which surrounds their home, although at at a short distance. They live on 2 acres.