November saw the winding down and cleaning up of the garden. We did very little in it this month. But we are also making plans for plans for the new year!

It’s getting to be winter here, the blueberry bushes have all gone red, but there is still time to hang out in the yard with Tom.

We pulled up all the large bushes in both the front and back beds. Tomatoes, poblano peppers, greens and radishes, all got pulled out and went in the compost. It’s sad to see all the beds looking so bare, but it’s also exciting to think of all the things we will plant in spring.

Our herbs in pots are mostly dead and dry. Last year I had intended to collect the seeds, but never did. Hopefully I will actually get to it this year.

The cat nip and mint are still hanging on. We took some herbs and other plants inside for the winter.

The milk weed is just about done for the season but held out for the very last momemnt of warm weather.

At the end of November we had a visitor that also solved an ongoing yard mystery. Early one morning we saw a very large perrigrine falcon hanging out by the bluebs. We had actually seen this same bird (I think) before a few years ago. Today, he sat for a while but swooped quickly after a sparrow!! We have often founds small clusters of feathers from some eaten bird in the yard, but we never knew who was doing the eating. Mystery solved. I’m not sure if the falcon got a meal this morning.

I was hoping our last garden meal would have been more spectacular, but in truth the last thing we ate out of the garden in Nov was some radishes in a ramen bowl!

How is your garden this month?