The chill has set in and all our plants that can move indoors for some prolonged grow time have been moved. We potted the jalapeno plant because it still had several babies growing and had bloomed in the past few days. The other pepper plant was potted to begin with so it just found itself a new sunny spot in the house.

The tomatoes are too large to move indoors though or I'd have tomatoes as there are still a few on the bush. We  pulled the majority and ripened them in a brown paper bag. They are all small but very tasty and a great addition to omelets and salads.

We lucked into a find, a friend of ours was cleaning out one of the buildings they own and found some panels that are covered in chicken wire. So half our chicken coop building supplies and cost are free! Even if we have to dismantle a few they will make a great chicken tractor.

We've gotten the first snow in state, but not quite that cold in our area yet, so the carrots that have been thriving in the fall chill are going to have to come up in a few days. I can't wait to see how they fared!

Usually our area has a nice long breezy fall, but this year, we are already in the 30s at night. Some days are still fall, and some times we even get a little leftover summer, but for some reason we are pogo-ing with winter. 

The first night the weather stations said there was to be frost we pulled all the edible sized tomatoes from the plants and then yanked all the potted plants in. *Horray for potted peppers!* 

That was about two weeks ago....and then the weather turned warmer again. So the tomato plant didn't stop producing.  I'm completely ok with this, but still feeling sorry for the weighted plants who are about to have a freeze tonight. So I'll be pulling more child palm sized tomatoes in hope we can warm them up to red in the house. 

Not long after my last post, I transplanted some carrot plants that had been sulking in the back yard beds. They seem to have enjoyed the odd weather and are steadily growing. I may have to pull them a bit early as well, but hopefully they had a chance to create some tasty young carrots. 

We have begun planning for next years growing season. As it stands we have 3 medium/large beds for planting. Two in a bit of dappled shade and the other which gets a decent amount of sun. Next year we plan on expanding to 8 beds so that we can plant more of what we know works, as well as a few new things.