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By Lyle Hillyard
Utah State Senator, District 25

With the frosts in Cache Valley this past week, the garden is ready to be plowed under for the year. We've had a great harvest despite the lack of rain. I was able to rent water from a neighbor who decided not to grow a garden this year so double watering during the week when it was needed really paid off. I still have some potatoes and carrots to dig (they were planted so late that they will still taste like new potatoes) and they will be shared and enjoyed over the next few weeks.

I really picked a lot of raspberries and squash this year. I did not plant enough carrots to cover with leaves this fall. I still have the apples to make apple cider and Concord grapes to pick for the great juice and jam. The apples really grew well this year – both in number and size. I especially like the golden delicious after they have been touched with the frost and have the sugar set. There is nothing better than one freshly picked from the tree and eaten. I will spend the next few nights picking the apples and grapes and then work the next few weekends, completing the plowing and preparation for the spring work that waits next year.

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