Wrap Up.

9-1-09 VERMONT: We wrap-up the season here after Judy goes to an auction tomorrow, and we go back to NJ Thursday. The last couple of days have been hectic with a lot of closing up activity. All the benches and outside chairs, hammock, boat, canoe, pond toys, hoses have been stowed away. I replaced two broken fence rails, for one I had to cut down a small maple sapling and trim it to fit. I put away all the tomato cages, pulled out the blighted tomatoes and wrapped them up for garbage disposal.

The veggies were a disappointment this year, the tomatoes had the late blight and only the “Sun Gold” cherry tomatoes were any good. The corn was mostly stunted. One pumpkin, softball size, is growing. The herbs did well. Other than the tomato blight, the weather was probably to blame—too cold, too wet.

Its been cold at night and dry after another 0.9 inches of rain last week. I’m anticipating a early fall. Some trees are showing early changes, and flowers are all ahead of their usual schedules. The only flowers yet to open are more asters and cimicifuga.

New blooms: more sedum.