Anyone recognize this little guy? Silkworm moth, maybe? Cocoon is attached to a white mistflower leaf.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my garden? Just picked these sugar snaps for tonight's potluck.

Love food that can double as Christmas decoration while it continues to ripen. Thank you fall garden.

This Salt Marsh 'pillar is cute, but he & his sibs are defoliating garden. Sorry moth lovers, but I squished him.

Picked tomatoes & poblanos yesterday but glad I left some on vines -- frost only barely nipped garden last night.

Today's seasonal crossover harvest: peppers, eggplant, tomato, beans, basil, winter greens, cilantro. I love fall.

Asters bloom, finally. Guess they didn't feel like performing until rain & cooler temps arrived--I can relate.

Monarch on a mist flower in the front yard garden. First one I've seen this fall.

Last rainy day pic: first time to catch praying mantis in action in my garden. Go Mantis, Go! Eat those aphids!

Honey bee sipping from rain puddles on pepper plants in my frontyard garden.

Rain here only for a few minutes, but it was harder than drizzle. Took pic in case I forget what it looks like.

Pepper plants are covered in blooms and baby peppers. Fall must be on the way. Finally.

The only downside to recent rain? Tomatoes starved for rain are now so happy they're bursting.

Too bad this gauge can't measure snowfall. I'm guessing my neighborhood got about 1.5 inches.

1st tomato harvest: Cherokee purple, Sungold, and Juliet. Lots more coming on. Don't tell the stink bugs.

Last twitpic today, promise: Harlequin bug on volunteer rudbeckia. Don't recall planting seed. Is it a hirta? Maybe birds carried it in.

Must've composted lots of butternut squash scraps last yr; 3 volunteer plants now setting fruits. Hope they're heirlooms, not single-parent hybrids.

Some larkspur (@zanthangardens seeds) flopping because of spreading shade from happy pecan trees. Still blooming tho. I'm anticipating separation anxiety.

I think I'm in love -- with my first harvest of Romeo baby carrots (from Renee's Garden Seeds). Cute, sweet, quick to mature.

@pamdigging @LindaCTG Are my poppies pink or red? I'd say pink, especially when next to deep red chard.