What's Blooming Late September

I bought this autumn flowering sedum at the farmers' market this spring.

This echinacea was newly planted this year as well and has only 2 blooms.

Note photo bomb by the Gartenzwerg Leo won at the final Kispiox Turkey Trot a few years ago.

The holly hock continues to bloom.

This dark red blanket flower continues to produce blossoms.

And this gisnt aster I planted last year is over 4-1/2 feet tall:

The volunteer sunflowers and poppies did well in my vegetable garden this year.

That bare spot in the middle is where my peas and beans should have been, but they were eaten up between the deer and the slugs!

This giant squash plant has pretty much taken over the back half of my vegetable garden.

But it's only managed to produce 2 very attractive squash.

The rest were devoured by the slugs!  Continuing on that theme, guess what caused these scars on this cucumber in our garden?

Slugs, of course!

I wish I could say these giant carrots came from my garden,

Foot included for size comparison.  Note the octopus-shaped carrot on the left.

But they were given to us by a Tim Hortons regular. Thanks Ken! He says he doesn't use any fertilizer!