As I sit at the computer, I hear the drone of the tractor outside. Larry’s preparing the fall garden plot, preparing to plant all the traditional fall greens—mustard, turnips, collards, rutabagas, and cabbage. Larry and I grew up eating those staples, but he’s added broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and spinach—sometimes chard. We’re hoping and praying that this garden won’t drown as the summer garden did. We lost just about everything except the peppers. The cayenne and bell peppers produced profusely all summer. I’ve frozen and canned enough to last a good 20 years at least, but Larry doesn’t want to waste even the tiniest of the cayenne peppers.
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