Fall is slowing winding down into winter. The first freeze is forecasted for tonight. I think that this is the first year in a very long time that I actually had everything out of the garden ahead of time. I went down and removed the last few cherry tomatoes and watermelon this afternoon.
I had been trying the give the watermelon extra time to ripen, but even though it weighed in at more than 8 1/2 lbs, it still wasn't ripe, so the chickens are currently enjoying it.
This is the latest that I have gotten the pool closed up for the winter. The downside to this is that all the wet bits are sitting on the veranda in the cool, damp weather, and will take a long time to dry before I can finally put everything away in the barn.
I emptied out the potted plants outdoors and found this huge sweet potato from my ornamental sweet potato vine. I am considering putting it in the curry that I have planned for dinner. There are a few of the pots that I bring into the garage for the winter, that will be in and out until it's finally too cold to stay outside, and I have starts of the coleus and silver falls vine in water in the kitchen window that I had outside which I would love to have for my planters next year.
Yesterday, JP and I put together these racks for split firewood and moved the remainder from last year in preparation for receiving more in the near future. I think we are in good shape as far as winter prep goes.
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