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Today I'm highlighting some of our plants that are still green. It's a joy to see plants that hold their leaves into mid November.

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Nettles (first photo) and Egyptian Walking Onion are relatively unphased.

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We have so far focused our efforts on getting a wide variety of plants here, many of which are quite hardy. We love seeing what thrives as the weather cools, and I'm happy to show you some today.

Who Survived the Frosts?

Peach

Our July Elberta peach is going strong, especially impressive because we only planted this tree in the spring. I can tastes the perfectly ripe juicy peach now...

Aronia

A plant with potent antioxidant rich berries seems happy as a clam. Known as aronia or choke berry this plant is drought tolerant and can withstand neglect. This specimen has been mulched as it doing well. It's also sendin up a host of sucker which we will transplant to new homes this winter.

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Anise Hyssop

Although this anise hyssop isn't full of butterflies now, for months of summer it was a magnet. Seriously, buterfly parking was in short supply. We (and the butterflies) love this perennial herb, especially when we brew tea from its leaves.

Asparagus

Asparagus is one of those plants that has staying power. I've seen it on abandoned homestead all over, telling me it loves to grow even if ignored. We are slowly establishing patches here and there of this hardy vegetable.

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Goumi

Where would a homestead be without its nitrogen fixers? This goumi (same genus as autumn olive and Russian olive) produces a double crop of sweet red berries nitrogen. Unlike legumes, this species has associations with bacteria in the frankia genus that adds atmospheric nitrogen to the soil. We're getting ready to take some hardwood cutting of this gumi once the leave drop and spread the nitrogen fixing love around.

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Roses

Roses in November?! Yup, I was amazed to see these blooms start up a week or so ago, although the hard frost a couple of nights ago nipped them. Still the greenery is a beautiful addition to the fall landscape.

Raspberrries

What more need I say? These babies survived several attacks by chickens as their roots were scratched heavily many times this year. They seem to have bounced back and even had some fruit ripening last week.

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Boysenberries

Lastly we have boysenberries, a hybrid of raspberries and blackberries. These canes are thorlensss and have rampant growth that requires trellising. A splendid tasting berry that as you can imagine tastes somewhere between a raspberry and a blackberry. Plenty of tip layers to move around too.

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As the growing seasons slows (it never really ends) I love walking about and checking in on some of the plants I haven't visited in a while. There's always something to propagate or observe and the autumn is such a rich time to make the rounds.

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Till next time ;)

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