Well the garden is just about barren for the year, with the exception of the herbs that will hang on for a bit longer. As usual, I had high hopes to actually get some things in the ground to capitalize on the autumn growing season, but, best laid plans and all that. Thankfully my farmers are much better prepared than I. So while we may not have much to enjoy from our own backyard, they're keeping the refrigerator stocked up with all the cruciferous goodness, crisp leafies, and glorious roots I can handle!
We did get our final crop of the year dug up--a golden harvest of turmeric!
Our best haul yet. Each year 
I'm still working on using it up in my cooking (I put it in just about everything--soups, curries, chili, smoothies, oatmeal...) and preserving it for the year ahead. So far I've mostly just chopped and frozen about a third of it, but I am contemplating dehydrating some for tea, as well. If this time of year just wasn't so busy I'd have even more time to play with it! Regardless, I won't let any of it go to waste if I can help it.
For those of you who followed my garden journals this summer, you may get a kick out of knowing our crazy Rampicante staged a comeback after
We had some late season eggplant, and perhaps some lettuce that has made it through. Otherwise it is time to start planning for the year ahead! Though I should probably go through our seed stash before going crazy on any orders.
I haven't gotten my 2022 Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog in the mail yet, but I will cozy up with it and dreams of my spring garden in my head when it arrives. Besides just seeds, I have plans to purchase at least one persimmon tree and perhaps another fig to add to our front yard "orchard." Our young fig tree gave us a few handfuls of fruit this year, but I would love more. When I looked at how to propagate, it seems we may need to wait another year for that one to get established before we try to take any clippings from it. So until then I'll happily pick up one from the market or a friend if I can.
I think we may try to add some new beds out back this year, and I think we may also need to do some testing to possibly amend the soil in the current ones before spring planting.
I'd love to get a better start on our hard squash this year since we only had a single butternut, no Candy Roasters nor any of the heirloom pumpkins I was hoping for. I would love to carve out some more space for beans, as well! So many plans, so we'll see how much we get to this year. If not, there's always the next, and the next, and the next...
Until then I'll just be jealous of 
For my dear 
@riverflows, 
@woman-onthe-wing and @dksart