Subj : Fall is in the air
To   : ALL
From : JIM WELLER
Date : Sat Aug 20 2022 20:28:00

Fall comes early in the Subarctic. We are still having record
breaking hot days (79-83 F) but the nights are cool enough at 57 F
that I'm finding heavy dew on the windshield of the car in the
morning.

More importantly, with the shorter days, the alder and willow tree
leaves are turning yellow already and so are a lot of Roslind's
garden plants.

We're probably 30 days away from first frost so we're starting to
harvest her little garden even if some of the plants are still
quite small and immature.

The radishes and cilantro have bolted and gone to seed so we are
eating the tender small top leaves and flowers in our salads, along
with pea leaves and tendrils. (She grew 3 kinds of lettuce this
summer.)

The carrots and beets are still quite small but we're pulling a few
anyway. Baby carrots, just minutes out of the soil are amazing.
I bought some commercial beetroot and am using her small plant
tops chopped up as a garnish along with some radish leaves.

Cheers

Jim


.... Time is better spent raising food than raising money to buy food.

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