I told you we were teetering toward fall, didn’t I? This week was a wardrobe change week – outfit one begins with flannels and socks and layers, which are shed as the day kicks in and the sun’s heat brings attire back in line with summertimes. I’ve used the van’s heated seat and the AC within hours.

It’s kind of fun. And a gentle introduction to the coming Autumn.

In other news, I mowed. I mean, weeded. Err, cultivated. That’s the official word for it in agriculture. Kristin is watering the beets. Beets are our exercise in baffling futility. This year perpetuates the cycle.

Also, there is a huge chicken of the woods growing just outside our bedroom window. And we picked chokecherries. And

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• Tomatoes! – now they’re really going! BLTs, salsa, sauce, caprese salads, roast them, or freeze them to enjoy when summer is merely a memory.
  

• Cherry Tomatoes – don’t sleep on these delicious little guys! I harvested them all this morning and ate many that had split, and was quite impressed with their deliciousness.
• Sweet Corn – the last week of it!
• Peppers – either a couple of bell peppers or a bag of shisitos. Either way, not spicy. Shishitos are usually cooked whole over high heat with oil and salt, maybe a little garlic at the end, until the skin starts to blacken and sear.
• a Melon – everyone got one of several possible varieties.
• Carrots
• Cucumbers

• Zucchini
• A red and a white Onion
• Italian Basil