Herewith a collage that Brigitte calls her “last harvest.” That isn't strictly true. Plenty of tomatoes and all kinds of fragrant herbs remain outside yet to be fetched, and they will be.
To go around clockwise, the green leaves are part of the pepper plant to show how they are wilting. Lying on top of them is the husk of an expired cone flower, an immigrant (but I hasten to add a legal immigrant) from Philipsburg, Mo., some flowers that came from Rex a couple of years ago and have flourished here ever since. Tomatoes (red). Tomatoes (yellow). A close look at the bigger one shows that somebody has taken a little bite out of it; that person was a squirrel. Around here we don't draw sharp distinctions between people with and without much conversation. Finally the hot pepper, whom (we also think of plants as people) visitors to this site have already met. In the center, in a kind of place of honor, is our pumpkin, actually an acorn squash, officially Cucurbita pepo. The great plant that brought it forth has also been featured before.
The two chestnuts managed to get on the paper towel on their own. They came from a walk I took the other day. Their pleasing shine was irresistible. They're here to to give an accent to our display...
A delightful composition! And now we know that the "pumpkin" plant produces... acorn squash. I must say, all those gords come from plants that look remarkably alike to the untrained (uneducated) eye.
ReplyDeleteOn my walk route is a house whose yard is almost covered with such vines&mdash:huge leaves and all—and the part of the vine that climbs up a fence has actually produced a gourd. It's a lovely, big, green (so far) gourd in the shape of an 8, heavier on the bottom.
To all the lovely gourds, melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squashes and all!