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First frost 2015

Last harvest

Trash fire


The end of that....




The beginning of this....




28 degrees, heavy frost, and the cold season has officially begun.



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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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It was 28 degrees here too. What are those funny-shaped green fruits--pawpaws?
Comment by Jennifer Sun Oct 18 15:26:22 2015
Jennifer --- Those are figs. Not very many again this year due to extreme winter cold, but at least we got a couple of handfuls!
Comment by anna Sun Oct 18 16:53:48 2015
28 degrees? Shoot, growing up in Minnesota we didn't even call it cold until it was negative 28!
Comment by eric Sun Oct 18 21:56:31 2015
Same here. And first half hearted snowfall, though the wind that drove it was quite determined... the cellar is finally down close to 40, fine for storage now...
Comment by Deb Sun Oct 18 23:19:48 2015





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