Spot-On: Earth & Hearth

Although we harvest food the year round in most areas occupied by humans, here in the temperate latitudes of the Western Hemisphere we consider fall the harvest season. This is because autumn is our last opportunity to gather as much food as possible in preparation for the coming cold. Tomatoes are still soaking up late summer sun, winter squashes such as butternut and acorn are ripening, beans are drying on the vine, apples and pears are ready for picking.

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