Saturday, October 10, 2009

Killing Frost --With Snow

Here it is, I think. Last night the low was 27 or 28. It was windy and wet, however, so we won't know what really froze for a while (except it will be even colder tonight, I believe). The sweet potatoes went two weeks ago, but everything but a couple pepper plants in the low part of the garden has been fine up until last night. I'm ready for it all to go to sleep except for the raspberries, which have a LOT of berries on them. I took a couple bedspreads out last night and covered some bushes, just to see.

And what did I salvage yesterday?
Parsley.
A few tomatoes. I just wasn't interested in picking every green tomato out there.
And Peter finished off the apples, which waited patiently in the basement without too much spoilage.
Now for some pictures from the lovely fall day that yesterday was -- bright blue sky all around, no clouds, not much wind, a lot of sun for warming cats in hog feeders:
And Owen, after two weeks of being sick with strep throat, was up and around and on the move. With help.

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