It is already september and things here on the farm are changing just as fast as the summer flew by. Our boys, Tyler and Dallas, Shauns Mom, Janet and niece Delayne left for Nova Scotia on August 30th. It sure makes our home a lot quieter and leaves a large hole in our hearts. It is hard to not have our family togeather all the time and all the business is missed. Our daughter Olivia sure misses the boys and for the first few days would go looking for them in there room. It will take some time to get use to them being back in Nova Scotia again.
The days have been chilly this past week, harvesting vegtables on Wednesday was actually a little cold. We even had to take a break from washing vetables and warm up Olivia and my niece Kayden with some warm dry clothing and hot chocolate. My dad said it felt more like the end of september then the begining but thursday was thankfully alittle warmer and we weren't quite so bundled.
On Friday we had -1 degrees Celsius and we had a small amount of freezing happen to some tender vegetables but for the most part the garden was unharmed because of coverage and protection by way of buffer plants. Our strawberry patch seemed to be hit the hardest. Vegetable deliverys will still continue till the freezing over night finishes our season off. Its sad to think this great season is drawing to a close.We will keep you posted on the activitie and hope that with our row covers we will be able to extend the season as long as possible for all of us. I am not looking forward to not havin fresh celery as it is my favorite and it never tastes the same as it does directly from the garden.