Sunday, November 8, 2009

Saving My Garden

This year, the killing frost is late. Last year it arrived for El Día de los Muertos (Nov. 2). This year, it was unseasonably warm. But as the week progressed, the temperatures plummeted and some frost was visible yesterday morning. So, even though today is sunny and warm, it was time to save what I can from the garden.

I repotted the geraniums which I keep inside over the winter. I also brought in the parsley, one of the few plants that did well during our short, wet and cool summer.

On the right, that’s most of the cherry tomato harvest below: 9 green tomatoes. There was one ripe tomato we had around Labor Day, and one rotted on the vine before ripening. Oh, well, everyone tells me it was a bad year for tomatoes, and there’s always next year.

Below: my ferocious beast stalking in the wilds of the garden.







2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes
the beauty of life

you have a good blog

Amy said...

My dad brought in some of his plants too. He still has some daisy's left, look like Black Eyed Susans but don't think so. Still had a few roses coming out also. Begonias in cellar, got to save what you can, plants are not cheap!