Winter Rose
While my garden is mostly asleep, my winter rose gives me live pleasure

and my long squash is off to be composted.

Retaining Wall
I put to use the concrete we were left with after we replaced our worn-out driveway:

I will backfill with yard waste, as I usually do. I have found that such beds of organic material, with the help of some top soil, are quite fertile. The pile of waste I have inside the bed will be pushed against the blocks of concrete. Come spring I'll have a nice bed. What will I put there?

Winter Kale and Chard
The potted kale is still producing:

as is the chard

and, surprisingly, the pansy on the deck:

Ripened Tomatoes
The tomatoes that I had ripening in front of the window are beginning to ripen, and some are ready to be turned into sauce for a delightful dish of pasta alla Norma.

Long Squash.
I decided to make a sculpture out of my long squashes. So I lay them on the patio table:

Green Tomatoes.
Today is the first of November, I Morti, the day of the dead. Tomorrow is All Saints Day. And I just picked the tomatoes that remained on the vine. Freezing temperatures are forecast for tomorrow. Here are the tomatoes, more than 20 lbs, together with a zucchini (for next year's garden), and three old lemon cucumbers, also seeds for next year's garden. I have collected enough beans for seeds for dozens of gardens. And there are some puzzling findings there. But, one thing at a time. First the green tomatoes on a pad in front of my shop window facing south. Later more.

SasquatchNut One.
This one came in at 26.4 lbs. It was still in the garden. Somehow I had missed it.

I am making good use of these monsters. We have eaten one in various forms: delicious soup, delicious sasquatch bread. Its flesh has entered our Shepherd's pies and vegetable stews. I have taken three of the biggest to the food bank, where people there marveled at their size.