2010's goal has been met! (And exceeded)

This morning I dropped off a 13 pound squash at Action Ministries. That brings this season's donations to a little over 110 pounds –ten pounds in excess of our goal! Best yet is that we're not quite done with the gardens.

Also, we're starting a Fall/Winter garden- a new thing for me. I've always thought of Fall- and, especially, Winter- as categorically ungardenable seasons in my present climate zone. But there are cabbages and radishes and kale and lots of other stuff that can be grown in the cold months. I recall that last Fall and Winter, I sowed a cover crop of Austrian Winter Peas in one of my garden beds. They didn't seem to mind one bit the frigid temperatures or heavy coatings of snow inflicted upon it by the Winter. SO: I shouldn't be surprised that a great many other things can survive and indeed thrive in the inter-equinox cold.