Here in Western Mass, just south of the VT/NH border I am looking out at a garden full of blooming dahlias, marigolds, impatiens, begonia, and even a reblooming fancy shasta daisy that burst out in flowers this week.
It's two days after the latest frost date ever recorded and we have had no frost. We may get a frost tonight--the weather reports are being coy--but if we don't get one tonight, it could be another week until we get one.
We had 14 inches of rain here last week, too. Ten on Saturday and 4 the rest of the week. It left a bunch of people homeless and took out the road I use to visit my mom in Keene.
The leaves are coming down right on schedule, but there was almost no color this year because of the combination of rain and no frost.
Is frost late in your neck of the woods?
--Jenny