Carrots, Carrots, and more Carrots

We came home to wonderful Wisconsin weather - cold.  We went from 95 degrees in Africa to 40 degrees here.  Quite the change to your system.  As there are multiple nights below freezing predicted we decided to harvest anything from the garden that wouldn't survive the frost.  That meant bringing in the last of the tomatoes, carrots, squash, cucumbers, and onions.  This lead to quite the harvest, we brought in over 10 lbs. of carrots alone.  While most of our carrots have unusual shapes (not exactly sure what is causing that problem) they still taste great and we enjoyed a delicious and warming carrot soup on Sunday night.

We are trying the trick of ripening green tomatoes in a paper bag in the house that Jo read about in our local paper.  Hopefully this works and don't just land up with a whole lot of rotting tomatoes in the basement. 

We are all nestled into our blankets at home and will be changing over to our flannel sheets for the chilly nights to come.  Quite a re-entry back into the part of the world that enjoys a winter.