Pitiful pea is pitiful

Well, that’s it for the pea harvest. One pod. Not exactly plump, is it? Plainly pinched and pitiful, this bitty thing is barely big enough to pluck, let alone pop into the ole pie-hole. Oh, pooh. It’s still a pea. Better luck next year.

Autumn late bloomers

Come on, little pea! You can do it! You can still flower before it’s too late. Look at how well these alpine strawberries are doing.

A plea for a pitiful pea

I just have no luck growing peas. All my pretty little pea shoots — a few here, a few there — have dwindled down to one plant. Peas like cool weather, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope for this one. Still, it’s pretty.

Vegetable last hurrah?

The squash blossoms haven’t been totally confused. I’ve been watching the usual acorn squash ripening under a pear tree. And I see I should have plucked up the inevitable swallow-wort sprout before I took the picture. That stuff is a plague! But I don’t want to talk about that right now.