While out long snowy winters offer us a lot of free time, getting to that point in the fall means a lot of scrambling around trying to get everything done, before the winter hits. A lot of those tasks now on the docket have to do with the garden. Before the killing frost I have to harvest what I can, and then deal with it. I have picked all of the tomatoes and chilis in the greenhouse, and they are now sitting in the kitchen waiting to ripen, or be packed and frozen.
I have already dug four rows of potatoes and have the spuds temporarily stored on the floor of my shop. I still have three more rows of potatoes to dig. Hopefully I will get one of them dug this afternoon. The photo shows all of the produce I have stored and drying in a corner of my office. When I get time I have to de-pod all of the different beans. I will save some of the beans for planting next year and the rest we will probably end up in soup.
I really don’t know what to expect when I shuck those ears of corn. I planted two varieties of corn, types I had never grown before. One was “black corn”, Once my parents grew some black corn that could be popped, but I am not sure about the black corn I planted. One of the corn varieties I planted was a complete failure, and I am not sure yet which variety survived. I will find out once I get around to shucking it. If it isn’t black popcorn it will end up as a fall decoration.
This is Canada’s Thanksgiving Weekend. Later today we will celebrate with a turkey dinner. I hope I will not be too crippled up after digging the row of potatoes.
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