Nov 9

I don’t think it hit freezing last night, but I think it went down into the 30s.  The tomatoes look dark and shriveled.  The lima beans died---the pods that were still there are wilted and soft.  The okra finally went to the big garden in the sky.

On the other hand, the broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, turnips all look happy as hell.  We’ve got more lettuce than we can eat and the swiss chard and kale are also outpacing me.

We dug up the pond and made it about 30 inches deep.  The fish are in the garage but I guess that at some point are going to get kicked outside.  The pond was only out of commission about a day, but the birds were walking around trying to figure out what in the world happened.  We get a crowd of at least 10-15 birds every morning---bathing and socializing.