"the Dining Room has been reclaimed!"
Done! Early prep for Thanksgiving Dinner! (Now, to make room for that new bear skin rug in the living room!)
Did my LAST mow of the season last week, Tuesday. DONE! Even if it needs it again, I’m DONE! Did I tell you I’m DONE? I’m moving her to the barn for the winter. LOL!
Don’t worry; mowing will be replaced by snow shoveling sooner than later! ;)
It’s chilly here this week - low 50’s and looking that way for the week ahead - but SUNNY, so I’ll take it!
Making good progress in clearing out beds - picked a mess of ripening tomatoes so I have to find a home for them to continue ripening.
Beau re-enforced the pantry shelving so all the canned goods I made this season are stored. Yay! That was a 2-hour cleaning and organizing task yesterday, but the Dining Room has been reclaimed!
My last mowing is usually around Veteran’s Day, but it’s been as late as the first week in December if the weather stays mild.
I did notice out in the fields that the wild onions are beginning to outpace the grass. The last mowing of the season & the first in the spring are major wild onion times - I’ve had my eyes water & my clothes smell like onions when I’m done. The pine trees aren’t dropping a lot of needles yet, but when they do, mowing over them releases a turpentine smell. We also have wild mint under some of the cedars which smells really good when cut.
The ‘big relief’ and ‘ready for winter’ for me used to be when I got the hayloft full and knew I could feed the horses through until the grass started growing in the spring. All those feelings came back when my niece shared that they had just filled their hayloft & she was very happy about it.
Still have the ‘specialty jelly/jam’ canning to do, but I had to put all my canning stuff away due to company. Mom wants to have some friends over for lunch too so I am going to have to pick my time(s) - the less I have to drag stuff out, the better.
Today will be coffee, college football & knitting yet another prayer shawl for a new widow (people are dropping like flies 😔). Waiting for wind/colder air to start coming in any time as the rain tapers off.
"the Dining Room has been reclaimed!"
Done! Early prep for Thanksgiving Dinner! (Now, to make room for that new bear skin rug in the living room!)
One more thing ... I LOVE mushrooms & with all the rain we’ve had, mushrooms of every size/type are growing in the yards & fields. My brother’s yard had a ‘fairy ring’ of mushrooms growing in a circle which was pretty neat. I wish I was an expert in determining which mushrooms are edible instead of just mowing them over. I fried up venison ‘medallions’ from a back loin last night - my last piece of venison in the freezer. Mushroom gravy would be fabulous with the medallions (I have leftovers).