Balloon Fiesta is here and it's bloody cold

Mother nature always knows when Balloon Fiesta comes to town. The first week in October is always colder than the rest of October. Sunday night will be our first hard freeze of the Fall here in the mountains. They are predicting mid-20s here, which is always a couple of degrees high. It will be low-20s and the end of the tomato season.

I have been bringing the tomatillos in at night for the last couple of weeks. They are doing quite well. I hope to keep them going until the end of November. At that point, it will be so cold in the morning that I won't be able to put them out in the morning before work without the threat of freezing.