Samhain New (Thanksgiving) Moon
Finished. Go now. The growing season has ended. The last chores are complete: bees 
corked, cardboarded and moisture boarded. (not at all the same as water boarding), tulips planted. Mulch laid down where it can be and the rest waits until the ground freezes. Over the new bulbs for example. That’s it. Every apple, leek, raspberry, tomato, beet, garlic, onion, carrot, ground cherry, herb and pepper has either been eaten or preserved.
The next big gardening moment is the arrival of the seed catalogs in January. That will prompt a round of garden planning, getting ready for the 2014 garden. That’ll also be time to check on the bees, see how they’re doing. Until then, hasta la vista, horticultura.