FROSTMAS perfectly describes the feeling you have at first frost after a long season in the garden.  A little gift of frost brings a little holiday.

Frost, of course, isn’t always welcomed in the garden, but as the season seems to get a little longer each year, there isn’t that sense that we’ve been robbed of a longer summer that we used to have.  Several years ago, on a beautiful and warm September day, a customer of a certain age told me that first frost came in August when she was a child in Western Sullivan.

But I digress.  This time of year is always bittersweet in the garden, and Frostmas means it’s time to clean up and prepare for next year.  It also means it’s a time to reflect on the season just passing.  What went right, what went wrong, what needs changing for next season.

As you work to put your garden to bed for the season, reflect, enjoy the fall, and enjoy the outdoors!