October 1, 2023
But...it is 15C (59F) at 8:30AM this morning!! Yesterday was hot and humid, today looks to be gearing up to be the same.
The harvest continues...
One of the next chores on the list is preparing a garlic bed, for planting in a couple of weeks.
Four rutabagas that grew like crazy once they were transplanted. Must have been all the rain.
We have had 4 mornings of light frost. Nothing was seriously injured.
A dahlia grown from a freebee in a plant order.
The big water tank being towed to its winter hibernation behind the barn.
The wood shed is on the way to being totally filled, and cleaning the chimneys is a job for this week, as we'll surely be needing a fire if the forecast for this weekend is to be believed. This stretch of unusually warm, dry weather is supposed to come to a screeching halt this weekend, which is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada.
I usually bemoan the end of the garden season, but this year...I am so ready!! Come on Jack Frost!
Similar goings-on here. The chimney cleaning is happening today, I'm picking the last of this and that (wow, you did well with squash!), however thankfully no frost yet. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenn. Some of the butternuts are small, but should still make good soup!
DeleteWe've had some historically warm Octobers in the past too. 2005 was a warm one. It set records. Yes, Thanksgiving weekend looks wet and chilly for sure. Glad we got our chimney cleaned. Wood shed is getting there, same with basement woodroom.
ReplyDeleteIt'll soon be time to hunker down. Looking forward to more time in the craft room!
DeleteLook at those matchy-matchy socks! (Mine rarely come out that way.) What a nice crop of garlic. Mine is still hanging to dry a bit more. And, yes, 'tis time to figure out where it will be planted this year. I didn't plant ours until Oct. 27th last year. Maybe will happen again this year as our weather is staying way too warm with no cooler temps in sight. That "blush-kissed white" dahlia is an absolutely gorgeous RED! Sounds like you're in good shape for the coming winter. Happy Thanksgiving!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am a little OCD about matching the socks! Getting the garlic bed ready for planting, is on today's plan. Good to get the produce under cover, and the woodshed full while the weather is conducive, because we know it will change soon!
DeleteI don't know what to comment on first, the socks, the harvest, or the flowers! Well done on the socks. Like Mama Pea, mine rarely match, lol. And well done on the garden. The best reward for a summer of hard garden work is the harvest.
ReplyDeleteThanks Leigh. Ditto what I said to Mama Pea. The squash aren't as big as last year. We did have a lot of rain and could have used more sun, but we'll use what we have harvested. I enjoy walking through the produce isles at the grocery store and seeing all the food I don't need to buy.
DeleteOur weather here in UK is very strange, cool mornings and evenings, but through the middle of the day it's summer time, our garden does not know what to do, me I'm enjoying the last of the sunshine whilst I can.
ReplyDeleteWe are enjoying the sunshine today. It poured rain yesterday PM, overnight and this AM. It was so welcome, as we have been very dry for the last few weeks. By noon, the sky had cleared to blue with big fluffy white clouds. It was shorts weather here today! Probably the last time for the year, as the temperature goes back to 'normal' tomorrow.
DeleteWhat a beautiful harvest! ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rain.
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