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    Indian Summer …

    Indian Summer has arrived — it was 17 degrees on Saturday morning and 75 by afternoon. Our first hard frost which, surprisingly, everything left in the garden survived quite well. There’s chard out there still, and a lot of endives and chicories, and even a few random lettuces that sprouted from seed I dropped. Oh, and arugula. I cut the arugula way back in August, after it bolted during the record-setting heat we had in July, and it’s grown back quite nicely. I spent the weekend planting the last of the bulbs. My friend Nina called while I was in…