We haven’t had a frost yet but we’ll probably get one this week. I’m going to end up harvesting a whole bunch of green cayenne and serrano peppers so that I don’t totally lose them to the frost. My plans for next spring include starting seeds earlier and getting them into the raised beds 2-4 weeks earlier as well. I’ll probably plant serranos, cayenne and one other hot pepper variety next year. And LESS basil. Not that there’s anything wrong with basil, but that was a jungle of basil! The rosemary seems to be doing well. I have to determine if it needs to be bundled up a little for winter or just left to hang out in the raised bed.
Along with the impending frost, I have 2 gorgeous blooms and a couple buds left on the climbing rose out back as well as some fat buds on the rose I planted out front this spring. This long season is still bizarre to me. But who am I to complain with a beautiful gray day to light succulent end-of-season roses for fabulous photographic opportunities?
tags: autumn, gardening, roses
