North Field Almanac weather, small gardens and the turn of the year, written down https://northfieldalmanac.com/ 2026-10-05T08:00:00Z First frost, a week early https://northfieldalmanac.com/entries/first-frost.html 2026-10-02T08:00:00Z White on the shed roof this morning and a skin of ice on the water butt. The almanac has its own address https://northfieldalmanac.com/entries/own-address.html 2026-10-05T08:00:00Z Moved these notes from a shared page to a place of their own. Older entries keep their dates. What the swallows did in September https://northfieldalmanac.com/entries/swallows.html 2026-09-12T08:00:00Z They lined up on the wire for four mornings and then, one day, did not. A rain gauge, a notebook, a year https://northfieldalmanac.com/entries/rain-gauge.html 2026-06-21T08:00:00Z Bought a plain plastic rain gauge last June and wrote down every reading since. March mud https://northfieldalmanac.com/entries/march-mud.html 2026-03-14T08:00:00Z The path to the compost bin is a river and everything is waiting.