Once again the harvest is over
once again the leaves cover the ground
once again the misty fogs hovers
once again pruning and burning begins
Now the frost comes
now the dark days
now the long nights
now the remembrance of summer passed
Soon the earth turns
from day into day
from night into night
from time into time
Gather in your children
gather in your cares
gather in your joys
gather and celebrate:
Happy Halloween
Yesterday we woke to the first significant frost on the ground. I cut the last good dahlias in the afternoon and gave them to my mother for her birthday.
Last night when I went to sleep it was already below freezing and remained so for most of this morning. Only the dogs, with their fur coats, wanted to play in the sunshine.
I will wander around the yard this afternoon, but don’t expect the more tender plants to have made it. I left a couple of planters outside, thinking I had more time…
Oh well. Such is life. And on the plus side, once the dahlias are asleep, I can lift them and separate them for next year, and start thinking where I want to put new beds in!
My earlier post on the whole state of the world and “why bother” has kept me thinking. Today I received an email from the National Wildlife Federation encouraging me to join an organization that offsets carbon use and emissions. I have done a cursory checking out, and it looks very good. http://carbonfund.org/ is an organization that purchases the emissions permissions (love rhymes like that) and keeps them, preventing some of the pollution problems. They also help fund alternative energy sources. There is an emissions calculator that lets people see how much they contribute to the whole global-warming thing.
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