There are many golden cultivars I have gotten, sometimes also considered yellow cultivars.
A Pagoda Tree and Black Locust are waiting to be moved into a more permanent place.
Pepper Final Harvest
I had to harvest the rest of the peppers as freezing temperatures came this month.
A lot of the excess is dried and frozen.
Volunteer Jalapeno
Because of all the rains, a volunteer Jalapeno seed germinated and even produced some peppers for me to eat.
Figs
The summer was cool, but I still did get some Figs.
My Fig grows in a pot, that I store inside for the winter.
Fall Ritual
Picking up Black Walnuts in the fall is a messy, but fun experience.
Fall Flowers
The heavy rains caused some normally, spring-flowering plants to produce flowers in fall.
Rainbow
Our new cat, named Rainbow, likes running around with her kitten.
The kitten is colorful like her mom.
Smooth Sumac Fall Arrives
Smooth Sumac changes color early in the fall season.
Monarch Jewelry
I found a Chrysalis that looks to be a Monarch Butterfly.
Iowa Giant Mosquito
I have been coming in contact with some mosquitoes I don’t recall seeing before.
Known as the Gallinipper Mosquito, these huge mosquitoes could give quite a bite, but they are slow and noticeable, so easy to kill. I read that they appear when more rain than normally falls, and that is happening for sure this year.