The Last Crop of the Year
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472082)
Switzerland
October 21, 2017 7:45am CST
The last two days we have seen foggy mornings and cooler nights.
The humidity is high and the ground is covered by dead leaves fallen from the trees.
This morning I have checked if there were still some vegetables ready to be picked up in the garden. I have found some tomatoes and a few hot peppers, the last of the season.
This is a very warm autumn, usually I remove all the plants by the end of September, we are three weeks over the average.
If you live in the northern hemisphere, when do you get the first freeze of Fall?
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@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Oct 17
Wow, those look delicious.
I doubt my area will suffer a freeze before late December or early January, it is still around 27 or so in the afternoons and around 10 in the early mornings, not really all that cold yet. As you know I do not like cold so hopefully it will stay like this until springtime. 
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
21 Oct 17
that tomatoes and bell paper really look fresh from the garden. that is so nice you have them harvest before the autumn spoil them. In our place this is the start of planting our vegetables in the backyard.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
21 Oct 17
and they really look nice and yummy. What do you plan for them, if its in my country, it should be sinigang, they are the best ingredients.
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
21 Oct 17
@ilocosboy We eat the tomatoes raw, in a mixed salad. I will stuff the round hot peppers with tuna and mayo, they are so good.
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I have not searched the spaghetti tree, but now that I have the tomatoes for the sauce, I should.
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Oct 17
leaves were falling by the end of August here - right now we have another major storm, apparently called Brian - I'd love to find out who gets to name these things here
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Oct 17
@LadyDuck yes we lost quite a few before they went brown too
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
23 Oct 17
Your home grown vegetables look very nice. We don't grow vegetables at home, due to lack of space and we generally source if from the market.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
24 Oct 17
@LadyDuck Even if it is a small garden, you could get herbs of your choice and that too fresh from your garden. 
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
24 Oct 17
@dpk262006 Yes, I have many herbs and most of them are perennial.
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These are little garden beauties @much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Oct 17
@LadyDuck At times it has been warm here all the way through December! Last year we hit with rains - and that was surprising. It will be interesting to hear how all our winters will be. What will you be doing with the last of your harvest?
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
21 Oct 17
The little green peppers look so cute! 
In our weather, we plant year-round, but I don't plant anything personally. Just my parents' do.
In our weather, we plant year-round, but I don't plant anything personally. Just my parents' do.2 people like this
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Oct 17
@LadyDuck It's a success to see vegetables grow and then harvest them!
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
22 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby You are right, it's a great satisfaction.
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@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Oct 17
I'm glad you're able to get some vegetables from your garden. Usually by late October early November we get the first freeze. Since we're still in the 60's, it could be well into November before that happens, though we are finally starting to feel some cooler weather.
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@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Oct 17
@LadyDuck Yes, we do. I think they never went away last year. It was a warm winter and colds and flu flourished here. So getting some colder temps would be wonderful.
I did see a weather report for an expected cold winter. I hope it comes about.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
21 Oct 17
Nice little last crop! We have had a couple of frost warnings and I have brought all my plants that I had on the balcony inside.
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
23 Oct 17
@1hopefulman It's cold this morning, a strong wind from north.
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@moffittjc (121729)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Oct 17
According to some websites I looked up, where I live usually gets its first freeze around the end of November. Which must be some kind of a joke, because I can't remember ever getting a freeze in November. We barely get them in December.
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
23 Oct 17
@moffittjc The only place in Florida I found cold in February was the Panhandle (Panama City Beach and Pensacola), but usually only in the morning, it warmed up during the day.
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@moffittjc (121729)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Oct 17
@LadyDuck When I was growing up in south Florida, it would always cool down in December, and then we would have really cold months in January and February. Now, it doesn't even get cold down there anymore. It barely gets cold up here in north Florida any more. There is no question that climate change has affected our weather, at least here in Florida. Either that, or we coincidentally have had many years in a row of unseasonably warm weather. Apparently, the long-term forecast for winter this year is another warm one. Sigh.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
30 Oct 17
We should have had it by now but no, not this year. It can happen any day, the weather man warned us of frost three times so fall this fall but nothing happened. I had some heritage tomatoes growing in the garden this summer will do it again. The only others in the garden is herbs.
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
31 Oct 17
@PainsOnSlate Same here, we are down at 5 Celsius during the night.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Oct 17
@LadyDuck Its quite cold here right now, I'm thinking a frost is just around the bend.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
23 Oct 17
Like you but often not until mid October. This year is a lovely exception though. Still warmer than usual.
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@LadyDuck (472082)
• Switzerland
24 Oct 17
@MarymargII Yes, they are sweet and with very little seeds, the sweetest is the yellow tomato.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
24 Oct 17
@LadyDuck Love the look of your veggies- those tomatoes look delicious- are they good and sweet?
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