Rains have ended a summer of drouth and this morning was pleasantly cool. We have more hot days ahead, but hopefully the extremely hot weather is over.
This morning my thoughts go back to September on the farm and harvesting of crops -- hard work but never boring and enjoyable as a reward for all of the hours of laboring in the heat all summer. Cotton picking began in August but was mostly a September job. We harvested sweet potatoes, pulled up the peanuts, gathered the corn, and completed haying. Sugar cane would come later and syrup making would be in November. Harvesting would continue into October. usually along with May our most pleasant month.
Vegetables would be gathered from the garden until frost and canning of excess tomatoes, beans and beets would occupy the kitchen. One year we had not had a killing frost until late in November and were eating fresh beets on Thanksgiving Day.
Yes, autumn is a great time not only for watching football games, but there is one great problem -- winter follows.
This morning my thoughts go back to September on the farm and harvesting of crops -- hard work but never boring and enjoyable as a reward for all of the hours of laboring in the heat all summer. Cotton picking began in August but was mostly a September job. We harvested sweet potatoes, pulled up the peanuts, gathered the corn, and completed haying. Sugar cane would come later and syrup making would be in November. Harvesting would continue into October. usually along with May our most pleasant month.
Vegetables would be gathered from the garden until frost and canning of excess tomatoes, beans and beets would occupy the kitchen. One year we had not had a killing frost until late in November and were eating fresh beets on Thanksgiving Day.
Yes, autumn is a great time not only for watching football games, but there is one great problem -- winter follows.
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