The Sure Sign

While the fall crops begin to produce in earnest, and the leaves rain down from the trees, we now have THE sure sign that summer has passed.  A freeze warning has gone into effect for tonight and so I was spurred into pulling all of the remaining tomatoes from the vine.  It's the last of the true summer crops for the year.  Being just 5 days from the cold winds of November, I think it's pretty amazing that I still had tomatoes on the vine.  The pale green and brown plants will be pulled and join the chopped cornstalks and mounting pile of leaves to begin a fresh compost heap.  With that start, a look ahead at the bounty the new year will bring.  What a great feeling to have a hand simultaneously in multiple seasons - past, present and future.