Gourds and orna-corn don’t hang themselves (unless they’re suicidal), so that’s what I did today!  The sukkah is now officially harvestized.  Tomorrow some string lights will arrive and be the final touch.  Speaking of harvest, the peppers and eggplants have finally taken off–it only took all season.

Y at least had an excuse, having become a rat-daddy.  He spent the night and day with them, as they acclimate to their new surroundings.  I got to meet them today and hold one.  I’m so animal-deprived, I believe we shall get along.  They’re prettier than I expected; one’s a Siamese.

I started to plant my new native flowers–so far wild blue phlox, New England asters, and wild hyacinth.  I have four more kinds to go.  This way they can stratify all winter, the easy natural way.  It was a great day for it–cool, breezy, a hint of possible rain, and that indefinable autumnal change in the air.

I’ve also been prepping the tropicals and succulents to go inside, by spraying them with natural insecticides, and hosing them down.  Most will join my jungle; some are for Avdi’s.

I made dinner (Asian dumplings) and took mine in the sukkah.