Snow!

Turnips

Peppers
Carrots

Last year we returned from a week of 70 degree temperatures in Italy to snow the first week of November. That early snow storm was a foreshadowing of a very snowy winter. Yesterday, a Nor'easter roared up the east coast and dropped two feet of snow in Northern Massachusetts. We had dinner at our friend's house in Foxborough and driving home late last night was an adventure of wind, ice and driving snow. But, in the boondocks of Southern Rhode Island, we got mostly rain and a couple inches of snow. By the afternoon, the sun had melted most of the snow and the storm is mostly forgotten. I just hope we're not in for another brutal winter.

The good news is that there are crops that like the cold weather and even the snow. Turnips love cold nights and the reason we eat them in the fall and especially at Thanksgiving is because they do so well in the cold and will be ready to harvest in November. Carrots, Beets and Radishes like the cool weather, too. In fact, I'm looking forward to a bountiful November harvest of Carrots. Arugula is another good cold weather crop. Today, we took some Arugula and had it on pizza. Arugula won't get its distinctive peppery flavor until temps drop into the 30s at night.