Yes, indeed. The broccoli that I have in the greenhouse is surviving even with the extra frosty nights. The marjoram and parsley are too. I checked on the broccoli today to water when I discovered that the florets are starting to form (finally). Granted, I realize that we had a crazier summer and fall than we tend to have in this region. I was beginning to wonder if it would ever happen, or if my efforts would turn out to be a big dud. The cooler nights have probably contributed to the slow development. Nonetheless, I gently scraped some more blood meal around the stalks, added some center stakes to give more room inside the cover, watered and covered them back up tonight.
We may have snow next weekend as we prepare for December. So for the hens, we need to set up the water heaters. The Welsummers are finishing up their moult, so I plan to add a morning light to their coop next month. Rhodes, one is done with her moult, but the other two just started moulting a couple weeks ago, so we are back to square one with them. Will probably need to wait until January to start putting a light in their coop. Oh well. That's the nature of chickens.
This morning a coyote was right up to the coop, sniffing and trying to figure it out. So far, so good, but that's getting a bit too close.
