If I remember right, I was picking cherry tomatoes off the vines in my patio on Dec. 3rd. (mid Atlantic area) This has not been the case much since then. Had the first killing frost about the 22nd of Nov. this year.
To be fair.
Living just outside of Washington DC for ....ever.
The Potomac used to freeze over on a regular basis, sometime between Jan and March.
In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s we would ice skate on the Occoquan above the dam.
Not the same as it was then.
As a fearless 16 Yo, walking out to “Test” the ice was a job that I volunteered for.
Never mind the stories of the guy that parked his car on the ice and the heat of the car caused it to fall into the river.
Walking out, on a seemingly frozen expanse, and testing the ice with a series of jumps, attempts to break the ice, while my buddies watched.
A crack ?
A measure of how thick the ice was.
The ice was always thinner near the edge.
Jump again and pound the ice with everything I had.
Let’s go !!!!
We played ice hockey with either chunks of ice or even rocks as pucks.
In retrospect, it was crazy.
I would never, never let my kid do what I did in my youth !!!
As much as I want to send my kid out to figure things out for themselves, the level of trust has changed.
“Be home for dinner” has changed into “what did you do and who were you with ?”