Countdown: Four Months

In 2012, my family may have access to a quarter acre for organic gardening. We visited the site today. Beautiful plowed field, rust, beige, dun, tan. Ready for autumn, Thanksgiving, then snow. Hadn't noticed before a beautiful persimmon tree standing next to the homestead, complete with black spotted leaves. Top was almost bare of leaves, but each branch sported persimmons just waiting for the final ripening. Found only two ripe persimmons on the ground. Split the first seed: spoon, which means snow.