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The temperature has been dancing around the freezing mark for the past two weeks, without any significant damage to my flowerbeds. The cosmos and daisies have put on quite an October show, unlike any I can remember. One rose bush kept blooming, too.

But a cold front moved in Sunday. When the skies cleared late Monday afternoon, the temperature dropped. Tuesday morning the world glittered with frost, and the flowers were toast. Even the fall mums shivered and drooped.

It’s time to pull the cosmos stalks and shake the seed heads on the bare patches of dirt. Fall is half-gone and winter’s on the way. Spring will be here before I know it. I want my flowerbeds to be ready.