The cold is one thing, but the biggest drawback to winter is the long night, which runs from 5:00pm one day until 8:00am the next. However, there is the often a glorious pre-sunrise view to take away the sting.
The frost Saturday night left Smith scrambling through the garden to harvest the last of our veggies. Everything you see in this pot was from our garden; tomatoes, garlic, onions, basil, and everything else (except the salt and olive oil).
This is Vicki's fabulous Roasted Tomato Sauce and it turned out deliciously. It is now in the freezer awaiting its turn to awaken in a pot of soup (or pasta) this winter.
Such a beautiful sky. It looks like you're in for a change in weather. And, those veggies look gorgeous. So bright and fresh. That will be some amazing whatever you want this winter. But, the shorter days. pooh
Posted by: CindyCindy | October 08, 2012 at 05:44 AM
Yummm! Bummer about the frost, though, as you still had a lot of veggies growing over there!
Posted by: Carole | October 08, 2012 at 05:53 AM
Oh, that looks absolutely delicious!
We had a light frost Friday night. And we're under red flag fire warnings right now.
Posted by: Chris | October 08, 2012 at 06:22 AM
I miss the daylight! But those clouds are fabulous. (And Vicki's roasted tomato sauce is terrific!)
Posted by: Kym | October 08, 2012 at 06:40 AM
You can't go wrong with that sauce.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | October 08, 2012 at 07:47 AM
That looks so yummy! The girls are usually in their coop by 630 now. The time between dinner and animals is getting shorter. I think it will have to be flipped soon.
Posted by: Stacey | October 08, 2012 at 07:56 AM
Longer nights let us cozy up and enjoy our homes.
Posted by: Suzy | October 08, 2012 at 08:49 AM
Oh, what a fabulous sky!!
I love prepping a pan of goodies for sauce -- it's always so colorful and turns out so delicious (I haven't had a bad combo yet)!
Posted by: Vicki | October 08, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Wonderful dky!
The shorter days are already getting to me. I fear it will be along winter.
Posted by: Cookie | October 08, 2012 at 01:51 PM
Frost already! The tradeoff is yummy stuff, and the end of the harvest.
Posted by: Laurie | October 09, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Our garden, alas, is played out. It was a sorry year for veggies, but the raspberries went crazy. I'll have to hit the farmer's market so I can make the sauce!
Posted by: jill | October 10, 2012 at 12:34 PM