Friday The 13th First Frost

Last night there were several weather forecasts for frost, so I backed the HHR out of the garage and parked it in the driveway. I went to the hay shed and started the old tractor and let it run while I opened the door on the end of the shed, then I pulled the tractor around and hooked up the hay wagon full of mums. I towed the wagon to the house, unhooked it and pushed the wagon of mums in the garage. Linda and Regina were down at the mum patch digging mums. They ended up selling eight more mums, where they got them I don't know. They came back to the house and we had a meeting about growing mums next year. We talked about what mums had done well and what mums had not done as well. We decided to order 1,100 mums next year, which will be one hundred more than we ordered this year. We are going to order a few new types of multicolored mums that we haven't grown before. Having paid for the tiller we purchased with portions of the profits from the last two years, next year we should be able to show a bigger profit to split. As with everything, ah, next year will be better!
 
The heat pump was pumping heat through the house last night, it was the coldest night so far this fall. This morning there was a heavy frost as the temperature had been down to 31 degrees and the sky was crystal clear. I don't know how the mums would have done in the hay shed, probably ok, but I didn't want to take a chance, since Edith has ordered the thirty we have on the wagon for the Home Makers. I guess it's time to bring some of the wood we've cut and split to the back porch and get ready to use the wood stove. The temperature is going back up to the mid 70s for next week, but sooner than I want, the cold weather will be here to stay. The first frost came earlier this year, last year it was October 28th when we had the first frost.