Ick this is what I woke up to Wednesday morning.





at work I noticed it snowing but the sun was shining so I didn't think it would be THAT bad. The sun was still out so I figured it would blow over..... wrong

This year I had tried to prepare before the first frost. I started by picking and pulling the tomatoes out front (and one in back) the night before. Here is the trash can full - those front ones got really big!










And here is the tomatoes I picked. They are in different boxes so I can try and tell when they ripen. Since some will be red, some pinky, some yellow, some orange, and the green zebra's will stay green, its important to not mix them together!














Picked a bucket of tomatillos in the dark.




not bad!




brought in the squash- sure didn't get as many this year. oh well.


I had left the bigger pumpkins (bubba and bubba jr). on the front porch.












I moved the big pots in next to the house to try and keep them a little warmer... not all of them made it. I do want to try pulling out the geraniums to see if I can keep them over for next year.




I brought these ones in for some reason that I can now not fathom.




I took cuttings from all the coleous this year to try and make next year cheaper.... we'll see how it works. The lighter collored ones already died.

Before I went to Vegas I had picked the onions, covered the ones that didn't get big enough to see if they grow next year. I also didn't get as many of these this year. Combination of too much shade from over zealous zuchini and not enough water?






Cut two pretty daliahs because didn't want them to die yet. I think I only did one bocquet this year... that was dumb.

I got my hoop house all ready to go but doing it in the night wasn't easy... I found that since I didn't plan for snow the clothespins weren't strong enough as you can see.

I guess it was a bit windy too cause I know this outside tomato was well covered the night before... It actually survived pretty well.

On the bright side the lover is now back on active duty!