What an absolutely gorgeous fall day - sunny and warm with the slightest of breezes.
I hung out several loads of laundry, took a short walk in the woods, moved the temporary chicken fence to enclose a new area of fresh grass, and was just about to tackle the weeding/clipping of my perennial beds when Glenn returned home from working at the rental.
Since a light frost is forecast for the overnight, we decided to gathered the last of the vegetables remaining in the garden. We harvested small to large green peppers, green and red Jalapeno peppers, a couple of lingering tomatoes, and a handful of crisp lettuce. I had pulled out all the old lettuce plant weeks ago, so this new lettuce grew unnoticed from the seed that had fallen to the ground from the earlier planting - what a nice, tasty surprise.
Since a light frost is forecast for the overnight, we decided to gathered the last of the vegetables remaining in the garden. We harvested small to large green peppers, green and red Jalapeno peppers, a couple of lingering tomatoes, and a handful of crisp lettuce. I had pulled out all the old lettuce plant weeks ago, so this new lettuce grew unnoticed from the seed that had fallen to the ground from the earlier planting - what a nice, tasty surprise.
As for the Jalapeno peppers - I do not consciously eat them or touch them. Many years back, I had an incident cleaning Jalapenos...let's just say that my hands felt like they were on fire for a few days and leave it at that. Glenn picked the peck (or whatever amount we had) of the hot peppers.
I mentioned that we collected the last of the 2011 veggies...in reality, we still have most of the potato crop in the ground. This crop also includes the sweet potatoes which were planted from an old potato Becky had never eaten. (Becky is the sweet potato eater in our family.) It will be interesting to see the resulting sweet potato crop when we finally dig up these root veggies - I have no idea what to expect. The vine was quite vigorous all summer, and it still looks to be growing well as of today. But, did any sweet potatoes develop? We will get the answer soon.
An hour before dusk, Glenn and I opted to take a motorcycle ride rather than starting another chore. After all, the riding season, for us, is nearing its end (we get really cold traveling at 55 m.p.h. in the open air) and we wanted to take full advantage of another wonderful autumn day. These days will soon come to an end, but...
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