We have a freeze alert in our area, so my husband has picked all the tomatoes and peppers that remain. We will put the green ones in the front area with the wood stove, as that helped ripen them two years ago.

We moved my lime tree into the apartment where it will overwinter with sun through the window and cool temperatures with the temperature set low. We've already harvested some limes, but are waiting on some of the smaller ones.

My husband has also put orange fencing around our trees in the back. Although the area is now fenced for the dog, and the deer have stayed out over the summer, it's that time of year when the male deer are crazy, so if they should come through the fence, that will protect the trees from attack.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by BakerAunt.

Ah, yes, the outdoor gardening season has ended for most of us:

https://www.gocomics.com/roseisrose/2020/10/17

We (I use that word loosely - one of us) created raised beds for our fall plantings - we decided to direct sow starting September 1st. We had some cool weather - mostly cool weather crops - but then we had lots of rain and it got hot and humid again. We've had some issues with bugs on our leaves so we are down to one zucchini and are replanting other seeds. We did put some Spinosid (spelling) last night, so we shall see - it is organic and if you use it at night it won't hurt the bees - next time, we're going to start seeds indoors and have hearty transplants. Gardening down here is so different from up North!