We all have our favorite seasons and Fall is my favorite. I guess what I love most about Fall is that it brings relief from the heat, the drought, and the bugs. Having lived in Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri and now Texas, I’ve always lived where there was an abundance of bugs and summers were brutally hot. I like Winter too but the change from Fall to Winter just reminds me that Summer is coming again.
Waiting for Daylight
The shorter days are nice. In fact, Winter Solstice is one of my favorite days . . December 21 this year. With the shorter daylight hours, our chores are finished up sooner, though it seems we’re usually stumbling back to the house just after dark and always saying “We’re going to stop before dark tomorrow.” Yesterday evening Vince finished tilling up the garden. While I love that it gets dark earlier in the evenings, daylight’s delayed arrival sometimes causes issues. While waiting for it to get light enough to go outside and work, I sometimes pick up my knitting and then, first thing I know, it’s 9 a.m. and I’m sitting here still knitting and I should have been outside working for at least 1-1/2 hours.
As I’m writing this, I’m waiting for it to get fully daylight so I can head out and begin planting while it’s cool.
Seeds
Today I will plant beets, spinach, carrots and lettuce seeds. I will transplant cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower bedding plants that I had started a while back.
In a few hours, I should have it all planted, have the soaker hoses in place and then I can shower, fix lunch for Vince and get back to my knitting.
I’ll be in the garden if anyone needs me! 🙂
Susan says
How wonderful your fall garden will be! I like fall, too, except I’m not crazy about the lawn full of leaves that has to be blown by my yard man every Friday! I like them to stay on the trees and look pretty. =)
Rebecca in SoCal says
The shorter days make it easier for you to “win” at getting up before the sun, too!
Do you listen to something while knitting?
JudyL says
No, I don’t listen to anything. I prefer the quiet. That’s when I think about plots for books I want to write, or blog posts.
Donna Williams says
Fall is my favorite too. When the sun starts that lower arc, the light here takes on a certain glow that just can’t be be beat. It feels like I am living in a painting. I have ripped out the summer garden and planted my lettuces and spinach for fall/winter greens. Mostly we leave the leaves where they fall, at most we rake them into the flower beds, where they make a nice mulch once broken down and also feeds the acidic loving native plants we have growing there.
Linda Steller says
Nice to have a fall garden. About all that can stay in the ground for winter harvest or over-wintering here is garlic, brussels sprouts, and parsnips. The brussels sprouts are iffy too, if the temps get too low. I do love the garlic and parsnips, though!