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<\/a>Plot #63, Roseville Community Garden<\/a>, October 18, 2015.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n A big change in the weather brought about a change in plans. The garden is open until November 1, and it’s been possible to grow that late in years past, but a high pressure system parked over the Midwest began streaming the first really cold air down across the Mid-Atlantic, and temperatures were forecast to drop below freezing overnight on Saturday and Sunday nights. Did they ever: 25\u00baF Sunday morning and 22\u00baF Monday morning.<\/p>\n My goal for the week was to begin clearing out anything cold-sensitive before Saturday night; all peppers, lettuce, chard, green beans, parsley, and rosemary. And was there ever a lot to harvest this week! See the images below for the bounty of the garden since my last post. I left the last carrots and radishes in the ground, figuring they wouldn’t be hurt and if the forecast was wrong, they’d get a little more growing time. The forecast was wrong \u2013 the temperature dropped much lower overnight. I went back Sunday morning to gather them up and close up the plot for the year.<\/p>\n It was sad seeing the garden empty of anything living, a return to how it looked back in April<\/a>. Despite the cold and wind, I took a few minutes to sit and reflect on all the bounty it had produced this year. As I gathered my things together to leave, the skies opened and a blustery snow squall blew across the farm, a fitting farewell to a tremendous season in the garden.<\/p>\n On the bright side, the 2016 gardening season is only 164 days away.<\/p>\n And as if on cue, it began to snow as I left the garden for the last time this season.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n The green tomatoes harvested last week were put to good use…<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n …and combined with onion, jalapeno and bell peppers, turned into a great spicy green tomato relish.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n It was a week where I harvested peppers…<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n …and more peppers…<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n …and even more peppers…<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>