The harvest is in!

 We dumped the potato barrel into one of the raised beds, after we took out the frozen tomato vines

 if the frost just could have held off a couple more weeks, I'm sure these would have all been ripe

 Here is some of the potato yield from the barrel.  Not bad for a first time trying this.

So here it is, the yield from the first garden year in our Calgary house.  We had a pretty amazing freeze mid week last week for two nights.  The tomato vines, even under their little tent  just could not withstand the cold.  The tomatoes are now resting on newspaper in the guest bedroom awaiting their fate.  Believe it or not some of them are actually turning red.  I might just get some tomato sauce after all.

The plants and leaves in the garden looked like they were sprinkled with sparkling sugar in the sunlight, when Libby and I went out for our morning walk. Both of us were bundled up in warm coats against the chill and ice fog that covered the city.    The next day, ah, the next day, things didn't look so pretty.  The scarlet runner bean vines hung on their trellis's like old wornout clothes, the tomato vines had shrunk to half their size, the gourd vines were black.  Very sad indeed.
The apples survived though and we picked one bucket full.  I think the tree is Macintosh...at least that's what the apples look like.  So we have much to be thankful for this harvest time.  Happy Thanksgiving to all.  I love this time of year.