Changes of the Seasons
Although I’ve often said that I don’t talk about the weather much, guess what is foremost on my mind today - yes, the weather! The nice temperature range we had last week in the 30s Celsius, fell to fall temperatures on the weekend, and cold, rainy weather arrived.
This morning while still in the bathroom I heard the wind howling and I thought, “Don’t tell me it is snowing out there!”
Fortunately not, but I dressed in a winter sweater with a big cowl collar and a fall jacket with a hood for my walk to the office this morning.
On Saturday I picked or harvested most of what was in the garden, but left the tomatoes, chard and carrots, and just a few pumpkins.
I had checked the temperatures on Sunday evening and it was only suppose to dip to 3 (above freezing) so I left my garden alone, hoping for warmer weather again this week. Then at lunch yesterday I learned that it had gone down to -1 over night.
Oh no! My tomatoes! I hurried home after 5 to check on them and I don’t think they were touched by the frost, but I brought out a big apple box carton and picked them all, green as well as the nearly ripe ones. I cut off and brought in the last pumpkins, and I harvested all the decent-looking leaves on the red swiss chard, which I washed, cut and put into bags to freeze.
All that’s left is the other row of Fordhook chard (I was too tired of stooping by then, and it was getting dark) and a few carrots. Then it is time to turn the waste green matter into the soil for fertilizer and let the garden rest until spring.
I’ll try to do one more wrap up photo story next week to show these various harvest scenes.
On Saturday I managed to get my front flowerbeds dug up, fertilized and I planted the rest of my 40 pink tulip bulbs and 40 daffodil and narcissus bulbs. Now I can daydream about how lovely they all will look in spring.
To tell the truth, much as I’ve enjoyed my garden all summer, I am ready for a break from that and to take up a number of indoor projects. Winter is not my favourite time of year, but I do like the changes of the seasons.
Are you enjoying your current season?