Autumn has arrived. The sunlight has a different glow, the air is crisper, the Aspen leaves have turned to gold, and our driveway has become a yellow brick road. But, in the 45 years I have lived on this farm I have never experienced a longer summer! Normally I would expect a killing frost around the 20th of August. Not this year. Today I still have a healthy tomato plant popping out ripe red cherry tomatoes sitting on the garden’s edge. It’s cool overnight, +4 or 5, but not freezing.
Nevertheless, we have completed our harvest. The potatoes and carrots are stored in the root cellar, tomatoes are ripening under a blanket upstairs, onions are braided and stored in the shop, canning (except for the tomatoes) is all done, the garden has been manured and tilled and is ready for next year, lambs have been sold, honey has been harvested. Ahhh, what a good feeling!
Welcome Autumn, my favourite season, you may be short but you are so beautiful!
