O’Neill: Off the pasture and into the barn (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

We got our first really hard frost last night, which is about as late in the season as I can remember it coming. Lots of years we make it till Thanksgiving, and once in a while to the first of December, but rarely more than a week in. It’s cold enough to freeze water, but I’m curious to see if the tomatoes and peppers in the hoop houses have managed to survive. I have a suspicion that they may make it through, although at this point I think I’m ready for them to be done.