Looks like we may have only one more workday before the first hard frost. Although the trees are not showing much color it has been lovely working in the garden.
What we did on Saturday.
Steve transported the chipper to the garden and they used it right on his trailer in the garden. Rick ran the chipper while Molly and Ron gathered material to run through it. Steve kept the operation flowing. Geri moved the tomato cages to the back fence while Molly, Ingrid, Suzanne, and Debbie prepped and planted cover crops in another two plots in the enclosed tomato area. Ron moved some old concrete to the dumpster. A few more green tomatoes and beans were picked by Kathy who also harvested herbs and put them in the greenhouse dryer.
We had a lively meeting, talking over the chipper noise and patting ourselves on our backs for a great season of gardening. The garden looks better every year.
What we need to do on Wed.
We need to figure out how to hang our harvesting baskets in the greenhouse. A couple of people can drain and roll the hoses and maybe hang them on the east fence by the greenhouse. If we have enough people we can prep and cover a few more plots. We want every plot leveled and either composted and covered in chips or planted in cover crops.

We will have a canning session on Sunday, Nov. 8 in my kitchen starting at 9:00 AM. If you have any canning jars, especially 1/2 pints and pints we could sure use them. Bring them to the garden tomorrow if you can so Suzanne can sterilized them. We will can green tomato pickle relish and ripe tomato sauce.

I think we need to have a gathering at the end of the season sometime this month. How about a bonfire in the late afternoon? S’mores, hot dogs, hot chocolate? And according to Pati, a party without a cake is just a meeting. Let’s plan a bash as we put the garden to bed for the winter. Jjh