{"id":1262,"date":"2011-10-09T13:58:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2011-10-09T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T19:58:57","slug":"early-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2011\/10\/09\/early-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 1st is the beginning of the new water year each year. Last year was a record year for snow. They were still skiing at Snowbird on July 4th. This year may turn out to be another record year. It’s already snowing… and not just in the mountains. It snowed at our house Wednesday night and much of the day on Thursday (October 5th and 6th). Supposedly, the “average” date for our first fall frost is October 14th. I guess we’re a little early this year. It’s not all that early for frost, but it seems really early for snow.<\/p>\n

We thought it was the end, so we picked just about everything that was left… hundreds of tomatoes, hundreds of peppers, etc. That was several days ago and we haven’t been able to use it all or give it all away. The counter is still covered.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, most of the garden managed to survive and it has warmed up a little since the snow. Who knows? Maybe we’ll have another round to harvest next week.
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