10-03-2026 — Final Harvest

Howdy all. Late fall has begun. Trees are turning colors and leaves are falling a little. Time to get outside and do the final harvest and yank tomato plants. I pulled most of the tomato plants, except two in the back beds. A few tomatoes still exist on them, and the plants are greenish. I left the pepper plants for no real good reason.

My Maple is starting to drop leaves now. And you can see those trees in the park that are thinning out and turning brown.

The Final Harvest. Maybe 30-35 cherry tomatoes hadn’t split, so I picked them. And some yellow tomatoes are good. I can only hope the “red’ tomatoes will ripen on the counter. And who said I wouldn’t get any peppers? Um, I did. And that ain’t much of a harvest.

What is growing is the number of Midges coming in off the lake. This is the second day, and I expect there will be a hundred thousand followers in the next month.

Kitty was happily laying on the back of the couch this morning, when something caught here attention out front.

I didn’t see what critter it was. But she went nutz for a bit running from window seat to window seat, to watch.

There is “good” news from today. I did get outside. While the temperatures were below 60, the winds were mostly lower, and the Air Quality wasn’t bad for a change. I got a few more of the security cameras (wildlife cameras?) back to functioning. I think they are all working now. But my sniffling/stuffy nose was not too happy outside. Not happy inside either!!

I do need to get the yard/deck ready for winter soon. Things like pulling in the garden hoses / bowls, and removing dead plants. But not today. I will spend some research time on a replacement top for the generator box outside. The existing one got pretty much beat up in a winter storm last year, and the whole thing is being held together by bungee cords. I will likely keep using bungee cords, but I’d prefer the lid (top) be a little more stable for the coming winter.

I’m off to Amazon to find a solution. Enjoy Life