Some slightly spooky pictures of the garden for a nearly-Halloween #SixOnSaturday. We’ve another major storm in now, that’s 3 of the last 4 weekends. Not much to do but browse this year’s garden pics as it’s mostly far too nasty to get out into the garden.

To start the spooky feel, wet hosta, yellowed by the first frosts, I feel they do look a little ghostly.

Now for some spooky veg: how about black tomatoes? I don’t think these will ripen now, but they do suggest a seasonal shiver, with the purple-black colour and the spider-like hairy stems.

This is the very best spooky veg of the year. I have a few ‘fat boy’ achocha clinging on in the greenhouse, they do look a little scary. Taste great popped into a stir-fry.

Not spooky, but somehow still delicious, greenhouse gorwn grapes have been very fruitful this year. I’ll probably dry another tub full down for home-made raisins.

Seasonal cheer comes also from the tiny lanterns of tomatillo. I need to get these picked and maybe made into salsa for freezing. Anyone have any good recipes?

For my last this week, not spooky, but downright wierd. I took advice from the Gardener’s World TV program, and grew ‘trombochino’ squash. A triumph! They LOVED the cool climate here, producing 3 fruits like this for each plant. I’ve hardened off a few, hoping they will still be good to eat as the dark days approach.

That’s my slightly spooky #SixOnSaturday for this week. Join the sixes on Mastodon or other instances in the Fediverse via #SixOnSaturday, we need a few more folk to toot on the topic: come join us. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim’s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot