The wind blew all night last night and it rained hard against the windows. Not a great night for sleeping. Then this morning I looked out and the chickens were wandering around the garden. Seems their gate didn’t get latched and the wind blew it open for them, so out they went to see what was good to eat. Silly birds. Thankfully, they follow the kid with the scrap bucket like the pied piper, so they weren’t too hard to round up.
We’re expecting a freeze tonight and I’ve got stuff I need to get in from the garden. We’ve been having rain off and on lately and the dry beans haven’t been dry even though they’re done maturing just because of all the rain. But I need to get them pulled out and brought into the shop so they can dry because the weather says we may actually get some snow tomorrow. Fun stuff.
I’ve got beets, carrots, and potatoes in the ground still. I’m thinking I’ll just cover the carrots with a tarp or something and the potatoes are deep enough that it won’t freeze them yet, so they’ll be good for a bit, but I think I better get the beets out. We’ve got a few more tomatoes ripe also that need picked today. And it’s cold and windy and intermittently sprinkling rain/slushy ick. Seriously a nice day to just hunker down with a good book and a cup of hot cocoa, but you have to do what you have to do. Sweet husband is supposed to be home from his out of town stint sometime today–hopefully he’ll be available for some manual labor in the garden. :)
For most of the upper US, it’s about the end of garden season. Freezing temperatures are eminent if they haven’t already struck. Y’all in the south with the year-round gardening season should be somewhere in the middle of the fall garden, which I am occasionally envious of, although it also feels good to say the garden is done for the year and not feel like I need to be planting more until spring. The harvest season can wear a person out and give you garden burn out for a while. Then by the end of winter, the garden burn out is gone and I get all excited for the new spring garden. It’s just a cycle. I’m sure I’d have to take a season off occasionally even if I lived in the south.
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Keep preparing! Angela
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We have had a very random garden this year. Melons and peppers growing at very unusual times and nothing but green tomatoes. Very odd year for us. I thought the cold weather was coming to stay for us, but the temps today are near 80 degrees! I have been thinking about brining in my peppers but the weather just won't decide what it wants to do! The chickens are beyond ready to have at my garden beds. Until the peppers get brought in the chickens will have to wait. They may cry a bit but they will survive. :)