Friday, October 22, 2004
Just an entry
Looks like we are finally getting into some fall weather, maybe. It's true that two weeks ago I had to light the furnace, which we used for a day and a half before things turned balmy again. And we HAVE been getting light showers and waking up to a view of fog obscuring the fields all around. But TODAY we are talking fall on the high plains. 73 degrees, winds out of the south to west at 30-40 mph.... Might freeze tonight, might not.
Of course they have been skiing in the high country since last weekend, but I live in the FLAT part of Colorado. Cowboys, not skiers.
So I have just come in from harvesting any tomato showing the slightest hint of other-than-green, and if I can find the tarp that WAS on the sidewalk this morning I will batten it down over the one tomato plant that holds the BIG ones. I've already made one batch of seedy but tasty tomato sauce from the boatload of cherry tomatoes we got this summer, and looks like I'll be doing more of that over the weekend.
It turned out to be a good thing I decided to do the picking now (I have trouble seeing in the slant of the late afternoon sun--growing cataracts is a dumb hobby), because I was kind of surprised to find wasps are also busy harvesting in my tomato tangles, and they are similar enough in color to the yellow fruits peeking through the vines that it would be easy to accidentally grab one....
OK, now I am going to go pick a few flowers, and then get back to work!
Of course they have been skiing in the high country since last weekend, but I live in the FLAT part of Colorado. Cowboys, not skiers.
So I have just come in from harvesting any tomato showing the slightest hint of other-than-green, and if I can find the tarp that WAS on the sidewalk this morning I will batten it down over the one tomato plant that holds the BIG ones. I've already made one batch of seedy but tasty tomato sauce from the boatload of cherry tomatoes we got this summer, and looks like I'll be doing more of that over the weekend.
It turned out to be a good thing I decided to do the picking now (I have trouble seeing in the slant of the late afternoon sun--growing cataracts is a dumb hobby), because I was kind of surprised to find wasps are also busy harvesting in my tomato tangles, and they are similar enough in color to the yellow fruits peeking through the vines that it would be easy to accidentally grab one....
OK, now I am going to go pick a few flowers, and then get back to work!
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