A month ago, the Twin Cities was under a frost advisory for two nights, and I panicked and picked all of the tomatoes.

There was a very light frost, barely even noticeable, and I learned my lesson to leave the tomatoes on the vine and just cover them until the first hard frost.

Except that the next week there was a hard frost advisory, and it still didn’t freeze. It’s 72 degrees on November 5, and I just heard that the Twin Cities has now set a record for the longest growing season ever. Things in my garden just keep on growing.

broccoli

raspberries

cabbage, which we waited maybe one day too long to harvest and now a critter is eating it

The leaves are starting to turn.

wild geranium

strawberries

joe-pye weed

purple giant hyssop

bee balm

But some flowers are still budding and blooming.

dahlia

black-eyed susans

calendula

autumn joy sedum

goldenrod

turtlehead, covered in dew instead of frost

yellow coneflowers

and more yellow coneflowers growing in an unusual spot: the side of the planter