It is the very end of November. Thanksgiving is over and all the leaves are down. Nature is getting ready for winter. And, out in the back yard, I debate whether to rake those leaves or not! Sometimes, the leaves are better left on the ground for insulating plants.
For some reason, it is important to me that I document how tough a year it was for my tomatoes. I think of this as I pull up he frost shriveled plants. Too much rain. All summer long. Extraordinary, record setting amounts of rain. I probably harvested a third of what I usually get from ten tomatoes plants.
Oh well. Spring is only four-and-a-half months away!
Copyright 2021 Christopher Donahue