I thought I would never have tomatoes this year, and it's true that I didn't get my usual bounty because of the weird growing season, but these came on Halloween, the latest I've ever picked tomatoes and after a number of nights of light frost. I'm particularly proud that this year's crop grew from seeds I harvested last year, except for Aunt Ruby's German Green, which I grew for the first time this year and will never miss again.Below is a gorgeous purple cauliflower, an orange one, a mammoth carrot, kohlrabi and radicchio, of which I have so much I'll never be able to eat it all before it freezes too hard.
Last weekend it rained hard so I stayed inside and did the deep cleaning that this time of year requires, putting up plastic on all the windows after washing them, washing the curtains, shampooing the carpets and moving in all the houseplants. These pics I took to demonstrate the "greenhouse effect" of my winter quarters - and I have since added even more plants.
At the end of cleaning last week I treated myself to a little drive out to my favorite little haunt for a glass of wine and some conversation. On the way back I caught this breathtaking sunset in the west, with the rainbow in the east. Two great weekends in a row at Fat Bottom Farm.
