88 to 45 in 2.5

I had no trouble finding the cold side of my pillow last night. Temperatures dropped down to the mid 40's last night in the valley and since my space heater is conveniently tucked out of the way in the trunk of my car (which is in Michigan), I felt the chill. By some stroke of luck, I decided to bring an extra fleece blanket and my heating pad to the valley this week. I curled up under a quilt, afghan and 2 fleece blankets with my heating pad at my feet. It all worked out quite well...until the 2 hour safety timer on the heating pad would turn it off. I'd wake up and have to turn it back on. Fortunately, I only have one more night of this.

I'm not sure what this weather change means for all of our plants. I don't think frost is expected for a couple weeks yet, but weather here is like Michigan; 80 one day, 45 the next.

I have collected quite a bounty from my front porch plants and much more is expected. Lots of clusters of green tomatoes and tiny, tiny green beans.

 baby green beans

last week's bounty

I have been halving, drying and freezing most of the tomatoes. So far the beans have just gotten dehydrated on the shelf in the fridge. :/

Tonight I am making lasagna with butternut squash and arugula.....and...thats as far as i've gotten.

This afternoon I made the baked oatmeal and blueberry sauce which turned out pretty well!