Ending and Beginning

If you can observe the sunlight and shadows around today, you’ll see what’s going to be shaded on about 9/15 — the approximate date of the first frost around here. If something or a patch of ground gets a lot of sun today, it will most likely get a lot of sun for the entire growing season. If something gets less than full sun today, and whatever you plant there needs full sun as most annual vegetables do, it’s growth will be restricted, especially towards the end of the growing season. The warming of the hemisphere lags the return of the sun, so there’s always going to be much more sun available at the beginning of the growing season than at the end of the growing season.