temperatures: high 76, low 47

2008
*first solid frost; 31.2F at 7:20 am - dropped from 32F at 6am - low for the night

2008
*forecast calls for freezing temperatures tonight; spent the day after church getting ready for freeze
*harvested remaining tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, raspberries
*built cold frame from hay bales, fence posts, and 4-mil plastic sheeting in Keeping Garden around mustard & lettuce; built small square clotch from pvc pipe & 4-mil plastic - placed over spinach
*harvested remaining Fuji apples: stored 65 in flats in spare bedroom - heat shut off to room; stored 23 in plastic bags in fruit crisper in frig; holding 3/4 of 5-gallon bucket in spare bedroom until I can process them, probably as applesauce
*gathered zinnia seed & globe amaranth seed
*Love cleaned chimney
***weather update: home thermometer shows overnight low of 35.4F; noted spotty frost on lawn & some exposed plants

2008
*harvested trailerload of pine straw from nearby roadside; spread on paths in Kitchen Garden; will spread remaining straw on blueberry patch
*harvested 9 1/2 pounds pecans, unshelled -- more on ground
*continuing raspberry harvest (waning)
*harvested 3 pounds apples for caramel apple jam

2008
*rain: 8/10"

2008
*set out semi-dwarf Red Haven peach tree (just south of Brown Turkey fig) & semi-dwarf Keiffer pear tree (just south of peach) from Lowe's. Both varieties are recommended for Arkansas by UA, but I am concerned about the quality of bargain trees. So, this is an experiment.
*first pecan harvest of the season (2 1/2 lbs, unshelled)
*harvested 3 cucumbers - last of the season?
*harvested 5 lbs jalepeno peppers
*harvested 2 1/2 lbs bell peppers
*moved remainer of irises from Keeping Garden to Kitchen Garden

2008
*rain: 1/10"
*raspberry harvest: 1 cup, mostly Heritage

2008
*rain: 1/10"

2008
*moved Joseph's Coat and Golden Showers roses from temporary Keeping Garden to north end of Kitchen Garden, positioned to climb the fence on the south side
*moved irised from Keeping Garden to Kitchen garden (temporary location until they can be positioned in the Cottage Garden in the spring
*ordered apple trees from Johnson Nursery in Ellijay, Georgia: Stayman Winesap, Liberty, Arkansas Black, William's Pride, & Mollie's Delicious. Should ship in or after December.

2008
*Set out Felix Crousse peony & Festiva Maxima peony in the Cottage Garden. These were purchased for $1.50 each off sale table at Harps' this summer & kept in pots under the blueberry bushes. Also Monsieur Jules Elie & Sarah Bernhardt, which I set out in the Cottage Garden earlier.

2008
*set out White Cap peony in Cottage Garden (from Chotkowski's)
*set out Red Delicious Semi-Dwarf apple from Lowe's in line north of Fuji apple
*1st harvest of buttercrunch lettuce
* raspberry harvest dwindling, but beautiful berries

2008:
*rain: 2 2/10"

2008
*1st mustard harvest
*probable last cucumber harvest - 2 cucumbers - only very tiny ones remaining on vine
*dwindling raspberry harvest

2008
*rain showers -- no measurable amount
*transplanted garlic into new kitchen garden beds
*planted Buttercrunch lettuce in new kitchen garden beds
*dwindling raspberry harvest
*harvested 10 pounds of Fuji apples for applesauce