We celebrated the autumn equinox last week. The munchkins came home from school with leaves pinned to their shirts to mark the day. So cute! And today we woke to the first frost here. It was 2.9C at 5:00AM and there was frost on my van as I went to the box to collect the paper. Not sure what I would find when I ventured out to the veggie patch after we put the kidlets on the bus. A pleasant surprise - it wasn't a killing frost, so I have time to still enjoy fresh tomatoes& peppers, and I don't need to harvest the butternut squash and pumpkins just yet. :) But soon. Then I can start covering the patch with loads of mulched leaves to help build the soil. It's almost pure clay and I'm hoping the leaves will help lighten it up. And living on a beef farm, I can get my hands (or my shovel) on manure to help build it up as well.
I've started some bread rising to enjoy at dinner this evening. We'll enjoy hot roast beef sandwiches with our farm fresh beef simmered this afternoon in gravy as well as some butternut squash mashed with maple syrup & butter. Warm good food to fill us up after cool days. I love this time of year!
Gina's Warm & Woolies started back to the Frontenac Farmer's Market this past Saturday. And while it wasn't busy due to the torrential rainfall and blustery winds, it was nice visiting with old friends and catching up on all the news. I'll be there until the end of the season - Oct 27, 2012.
Time to get knitting! ~ til later....
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