Beets

Fourteen quarts, four pints. Quite a good accomplishment.

Last year complete crop failure.

From sowing seed to stuffing and boiling the jars, quite a bit of mostly enjoyable work, making use of a considerable amount of know how and expertise 🤪

Phenology

This blog is a kind of phenology, I suppose.

And, now that we have passed the autumnal equinox, what kinds of events can we anticipate?

Here are a few I can think of:
First flight of Sandhills heading south overhead,
Day when the white oaks in the backyard can be declared free of leaves,
First frost.
First ice on ponds,
First measurable snowfall,
Day when all the crabapples on Vi’s tree have been consumed,
First bird at the feeder (once it’s up),
First local iceboat regatta,
First blizzard.
Others?
But, we can’t forget the old saying: “if winter’s here, can spring be far behind?”

Boosted Again

This could be the sixth jab since the virus announced itself. Science may not have all the answers, but I’ll take it over anything else.

Above, ripe swamp white oak acorn. Quite a few collected.

In other news, rear brakes on truck replaced. Are they called brakes because they breaks the bank?

Bright, chilly, windy. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.