From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
     it is pretty much the end of the gardening season here   
   now with recent rains putting an end to this round of the   
   dry bean harvest.  the dry beans were picked through   
   pretty well before the rains started up so i managed to   
   avoid a lot of loss.  i'll be able to pick full green pods   
   for shellies or wait and see if any will dry down before   
   frosts come along.  i have bags of dry beans to shell out   
   sitting here waiting for me to get to them but a few hours   
   a day is plenty enough of that sort of work.   
      
     the melon season just ended.  not as good as last year but   
   still acceptable considering how little work they involve   
   compared to the return.  last year we had melons right up   
   until the frosts, but at the end the fruits were pretty much   
   tasteless.  this year the plants got knocked down by powdery   
   mildew and that made a big difference.  i hope next year is   
   much different in that regards.   
      
     squash, onions, tomatoes, garlic all did ok.  will still   
   need to bring in the squash once it finishes.   
      
     now i'll be getting out and reshaping gardens, transplanting   
   some creeping thyme and getting the gardens put up for the   
   winter as the weather allows.  a few hours a day is usually   
   enough to get it all done.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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