Final big harvest day

With more cold weather in the near-term forecast, I decided it was time to get the rest of the summer crops harvested.  As of this morning, still in the ground were four kinds of potatoes (Yukon Gold, German Butterball, Carola, and Caribe), three kinds of tomatoes (Brandywine, Purple Cherokee, and New Girl), four kinds of peppers (Ace, Islander, Lipstick, and Jimmy Nardello), and yellow and green summer squash (Goldrush and Raven).  Out to help were Lisel and Christopher, who wasn’t having his best farm day.

Chris is none too happy...

The reason for his discontent?  Well, the cold for sure.  The poor guy’s hands were mighty cold, and the socks we put over them in lieu of the mittens we left at home only frustrated him.  But the main reason for his dour mood was the unexpected, and startling, discovery of a Western Toad burrowed into the potato bed.  Looking at this creature, which he incongruously christened “Funny Froggy”, I don’t blame Chris one bit: this thing looked mean.  It wasn’t happy about being unearthed, and puffed itself up to quite a large size.  Startling, indeed!

Funny Froggy