Frost

The pumpkins have perished, and the basil mostly too, two plants have a leaf or two remaining. The transplanted chard is looking up, the volunteer tomato did well, the deliberately planted ones survived as well.

Temperature

Temp this morning is 30.8 F

Improvised loading dock

10/18/14

Sometimes you think I something that is such a good idea, you can't believe you didn't think of this sooner.

Equinox

9/23 Today is the equinox, the day is as long as the dark. On honor google has a depiction for "first day of autumn" which is actually demonstrating pollarding, which is a medieval forestry technique.

Olives

My climate is not favored by the olive tree. But Galefridus got a box from far away lands, so now to try different cures

First, to wash them

Cold is coming

So a couple o things. Plastic sheeting over a low frame for the basil, garlic and one of the new colewort.

Plastic sheeting and tarp for the tomatoes and this years colewort. I'm pretty sure the duct tape won't hold, but it's all I have right now so we will see.

Sheet and plastic tarp for the volunteer tomato

Inverted pot for the rosemary

Autumn

Transplanted some coleworts (Portuguese kale) today. They had come up from seed from last years plants. Watered and mulched with lawn clippings, they aren't too happy right now. I hope they take. There's eight, but the one wasn't moved. The basil yet lives but it is spotted and weak. The wormwood and tansy are doing well, as is the feverfew.