The import of Autumn

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I really love that first frost! Though my garden looks fab now, I'm always thinking ahead. The first frost gets the dahlias and celosia's, all the tomatoes and peppers I quit picking weeks ago, and the cleome and balsam. I wonder if Sam and the gaffer had a "man's garden". You know, straight rows, neat and tidy.I somehow imagine hobbits let mother nature have her way a bit more than "Suburban Joe". That's why they didn't whack weeds or use a chain saw! Remember the clippers Sam held, in the movie, those little sqeeze jobs, probably very sharp! I bet the gaffer didn't let any weeds take hold in his garden! I love fall, cause I can work in the garden and not get all sweaty, really spending some serious time sculpting or changing paths!