Season Reflections

The climate is definitely changing. Our dear leader would tell us to adapt but there's no adapting to this. This summer has been super cool for us. Nights dropped to the lower teens all summer and now we are dropping into single digits at night with September. Happily we didn't have frost from May until now but it's been cool. This has meant slow growth for squash, summer squash, tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumbers and corn.

But we've had a super long season of peas and the lettuce has resisted bolting. The brassicas have done well, as have the beets. The garlic and onions are their usual successful selves.

And it's been dry, really dry. So it's cool and dry. Not the ideal combination. We haven't had rain for weeks. So I have drained my stored rainwater and now we're going to have to move water from the brook. The forecast always calls for rain in the next few days but, like tomorrow, it never comes. Even Hurricane Irene brought no rain.

So what are you going to do? I guess unless you are willing to stop the bastards that adapting is the best we can do. Pretty pathetic.