Oh Mercy, Mercy Me.....

I am without computer today. (I'm on a laptop just now) I turned on my usual computer that has everything on it (including my file of passwords) and got the blue screen of death!!! AAAAarrrrrrgggghhhh!

Now about all I can do is write. So seeing as how the title of this blog contains the word "thoughts", today you're getting thoughts. I can't get to any photos.

Maybe this is a good thing. I would probably post a lot more often if I didn't feel compelled to always include some photos. I can't even download any photos. Thank goodness we do backups twice a week.

The veggie garden is waning now. I've pulled all the pea plants (long ago) and also all the bean plants, the one cucumber plant, radishes are long gone, onions were harvested long ago, cilantro is going to seed, dill is going to seed, fennel is going to seed. I'm going to try to capture seeds for next year. I have one head of dill which will be more than enough. I love the smell of dill, don't you? As prolific as dill is, I'm surprised the whole countryside is not covered with it. Is that the definition of a weed? Prolific?

Still have lots of tomatoes though. I'll be canning today for sure. We have three cabbages still growing. We've eaten the largest one. Soooo good.

Still have lots of herbs growing, oregano, chives, parsley, mint (of course it's growing), sage, thyme. I'm going to try to transplant some of them into pots to keep over winter. I still have the growlight setup from my seed starting last March.

I guess I could start some late summer/early fall veggies: lettuce, cabbage and others that I can't think of now.

Besides canning tomatoes, I've been drying herbs. It's easy and fun. They sure lose a lot of their scent though when they dry.

My composting for this year has not gone well at all. Of course, It's consisted mainly of tossing greens on top of a dirt pile at the back of the yard. I've not been putting tomato vine cuttings in it because I read somewhere that they were bad for compost. Does anyone know anything about this?

Guess I'd better go for now. Sorry about no photos. I have a whole collection gathered and resized and ready (almost) to post about the lush stage of the veggie beds. I hope they're still there when we get the computer fixed. I'm hoping it's just a fried controller and not a dead hard drive. Keep all fingers crossed please.