Our first winter storm?

There's a winter storm watch now in effect from Sunday evening through Monday afternoon above 5000'. We live at 4860' and we've had cold and dark grey clouds all day.

The fever and sore throat I had yesterday afternoon subsided in the evening and I slept OK last night, but today I felt tired and didn't get much other than a paper written. I was in no mood to garden, although I pulled the remaining dead corn from the plot and tossed it all in our last home trash pick-up. Since we recycle so much of our trash it takes us a month to fill one 95-gallon bin, yet it costs us the same $67.75 every three months whether we use the service once a month or twice a week. From now on we will drop off our trash at the town's transfer station.

Birds are getting ready for winter. For the past three days they have been fattening up on the seeds I have been laying out for them again, which they all seem to appreciate. One big platter of piled seed is gone by the afternoon, indicative of the cold yet to come.

I hope these storms bring some rain with us. I don't mind the cold, as we are in late fall now, but I want to see more rain fall on our lands to drench the soil. It's depressing to look at naked trees, even more depressing to look at sick and thirsty naked trees. The peaks may get two to four inches of snow. I hope they do!

Colors

Our trees are finally showing some yellow, especially along the northern edges of the trees. Trees in town are even fuller in fall colors. Our crepe myrtle is reddened. Our two mulberry trees, are regrowing leaves!

October Temps

We're back to warm temps!


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Strange weather

Our two-day freeze has moved on to points further Northeast. We are back to day-time temps of 70s.

So, that made me assess the garden. The tomato plants that were sickly to begin with died, and I pulled them out. But a few are still hanging on. I brought three plants outside for the freeze; they are back outside on the southside of the home. One of them needs a bigger pot to expand its roots and I'll do that after I wash all the pillbugs from the soil. I enjoy having a tomato plant in my office. Am I the only one who likes the smell of tomato plants?

The high winds blew off most of the large leaves from the Paulownia tree, even though most were still green. Strawberries survived, as well as some peppers. Anything that still is alive will overwinter in the home for four months.

Our frontyard trees are still basically green. They won't show autumn foliage for three more weeks.

One of my mulberry trees shed its leaves but it's now growing new leaves at the tips. The younger tree still has its leaves.

As for the citrus, they too are growing new leaves. They, too will go inside soon.

The front yard still has quite a bit of color in it. I haven't been watering it much, but nothing's died from the frost.