Cosing out the Garden

I spent time in the garden today getting it ready for winter. Pulled the last of the carrots, harvested peppers and green tomatoes from my neighbor's yard, and replanted some english ivy against the fence. It wasn't too bad. I pulled all the sunflowers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash plants up the other day and added them to the compost pile.

Funny story about this strawberry patch. It started with three plants I pulled up (like a weed) from the next door neighbor. I also bought two to put in between them just to be sure. Look how much they grew!

I even started pulling and drying seeds for next year's garden. So far I've harvested seeds for green peppers, jalepenos, butternut squash, and green chilis. For the squash, I rinsed the seeds and put the biggest ones in a single layer on a big cookie sheet and let them dry. A couple days later, I flipped them over so the other side could dry. After a few more days, I transferred them to an open plastic bag to continue drying so I can use the sheet for other seeds :)
The pepper seeds I didn't wash. I did the same single layer, flip after a few days, etc.