Counting Down

As the days begin to really feel shorter and the daytime temps are cooler, the autumn is in full swing. The garden has slowed considerably. Gone are the plums, berries, early apples, filberts and nearly all the pears except for a couple of malingerers.

The Asian pears are ready to start eating and the tree is loaded this year. The yellow delicious apples, the Rome and Granny Smith don’t have the bounty of the pears but enough to still make a few pies or applesauce before winter.

We still have tomatoes, summer squash and basil but that will all end with the first frost or a good rain storm. All the ‘tired’ potatoes have died back and we will continue to dig up a tire a couple times a week well into the cold winter. The beets are not as big or plentiful as last year but they have been adding to our meals for the last two months with still more growing. And I almost forgot, there is still ten full-sized red cabbages for salads, slaws and cooking.

Things may be dwindling but the garden is still producing.

A new rototiller is on my list for next year since fixing the one I broke would cost more effort and money than a new one.

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