potatoes

Squirreling away food while putting yards and gardens to sleep marks the end of summer. Two of my little cowboys worked to separate the stuck or stabbed potatoes on the last warm Saturday we had.

truck

On another Saturday Nate brought in a load of decomposed hay from the stack yard.

flowerbeds

We worked to weed the flowerbeds and spread the organic material around. This will help to soften up the rock hard, clay soil. And it looks so pretty. I’ve only weeded and put this on about half the flowerbeds. I’m still hoping for the snow to melt so I can finish.

twine

The children used the wheel barrow to collect all the baling twine from the mulch hay. You know–the twine that used to hold the bale together before it got old and moldy and decomposed into a black mass of organic material.

cherries

And I FINALLY finished canning. I’m so excited to have all the canning equipment put away and my shelves restocked for the winter. Sometimes I wander downstairs and stare at the rows of filled bottles. It makes my heart happy.

The lingering snow outside may be my signal that the time for fall work is past. If it doesn’t warm up soon, I’ll be staring at dirty windows all winter. That’s one job I haven’t got to yet. If the deep snow will hold off a little longer, I may turn the furnace off and bundle up my children one day to get the job done. We’ll see. For now housework and laundry are calling. Have a good day!