The Autumnal Equinox

These pictures are from last year

but they show the range from  a late view

below  \|/

to peak in the maple woods

above /|\

We just have dabs of color today in the valley.

Nice mild weather after a near killing garden frost.

The garden looks pretty rugged but we did can saurkraut and stewed tomatoes last weekend

(tomatoes we got from Paul Mazza's wonderful farmstand.)

We steamed the artichokes and ripped their hearts out and froze in chicken broth for leek artichoke soup and appreciate why those little jars of marinated chokes cost so much.

I think I still have thorns. We left a few to flower fully and want to take pictures.

The plants are cold tolerant but the next frost will be a killer for sure.

So is the season of autumn.

Have a great day in your part of the planet.

Mary