Noooo!! I don't want to think about frost dates or snow or anything else connected with winter. Except that I need to call the furnace company and have someone get my propane fireplace working again before I need it.
Quite the lovely radish, Jim, and, it's a bonus that it wasn't woody or hot! Glad you're able to post photos again so we can see the results of your labors.
Since there were tasks I couldn't do indoors yesterday without electricity, I worked up some more soil, hauled more goat manure and planted the remaining garlic bulbs. Based on what the company extols, I could have upwards of 100 pungent cloves next year.
Power pole replacement went better than expected. Workers started shortly after 8 but didn't cut the power until 10, and it was back on about 1. I wouldn't have moved everything if I had known it was only going to be 3 hours. But, I've had food poisoning before (never at my own home!) and I have no desire to have it again.
When we were kids and the power went out, Dad would head to town and get dry ice if it was a summer storm. We knew not to open the fridge under any circumstances. Yesterday, I plopped the cooler in front of the fridge so I couldn't forget.
I always try to be friendly to folks who are working out here, chat with them, ask about their jobs. After a few minutes of conversation yesterday, I asked that when they brought in their machinery, they take down the woven wire fencing that I'd put up with metal poles and zip ties -- not the adjacent actual stretched wire fencing with wooden posts.
Not only did they take that route, they apparently carry their own zip ties and put the fence back just as it was.
I also gratefully watched as they very carefully maneuvered around my shrubs and trees. Absolutely nothing was damaged.
