i am glad to see the intense heat of summer dissipate but i am not thrilled by the upcoming cold weather. as much as i dislike the heat and humidity, i would rather sweat than shiver. this is what is going on in the yard:
our little fig tree is gearing up for its first ever crop of fruit. we have a dozen or two of figs and we hope to have a chance to try them-squirrels, take that as a warning
remember last year when darry went shiitake crazy? we had some rain recently and he discovered that his logs fruited! 
the scourge of the tomato garden-horn worms!!! there is one that is covered in parasitic wasp eggs and he will soon die and in front of it is a young one. he didn't last long after the photo shoot-we squashed him before he could do any damage.
we found two of them and here is the second one waiting to die as well.