Squash treasures

Taking up all the tomato plants and the squash plants is always a nice surprise, as underneath them are some winter squash that I had previously missed. Just that much more to store for winter! I still have kolrabi, brocolli, turnips, beets and carrots growing, but they too will soon have to come in. The weeds still need some more pulling but soon even they will succumb to the frosts. I could cover my carrots with bales of hay and harvest them all winter (if I want to walk through snow that is). All in all the garden is 3/4 cleaned up and soon will be tilled and fences put in for next year's peas! With the ground previously tilled I could plant the peas during a January thaw, however I will wait until early April when I will also plant my spinach. Already looking forward to next year's peas and spinach!

Frosty arrived

And frosty will be back tonight, so any squash, cucumbers or tomato plants that survived, will die tonight. However it is October! I've experienced frosty at the full moon in August a few times. Now, most of the pollen that gives us hayfever will go away too! So, get out your wheelbarrow, pull up your plants, harvest your pumpkins, squash etc. and protect them from the frost tonight. I know that you see alot of vegetable stands leave them exposed, but I like to cover them. Why take a chance? Your pumpkins can be cut up for pies or you could just make faces on them and display them. Don't you just love this time of the year, beautiful colorful trees, cool nights, warm days, and especially right now, warm sun in the days. Course, frosty will be here for probably one or two more nights, just long enough to end most of the garden, then leave till the new moon or next full moon. (I put a frightened black cat on one of my pumpkins!)