Looks like after today, I’ll have some great weather for outside work. Only 10% chance of rain each day for a full WEEK and temps in the high 70’s. Who could ask for more? We got 2” of rain from two storms that came through yesterday. Hurry, Fall! :)
Time to get some Fall crops in and tackle weeds again. At this point, they’re all rather HUGE and will be easy and satisfying to yank out of the ground.
There have been four Mama Turkeys and their six half-grown youngsters hanging around on our driveway down by the big Cottonwood tree. On a walk on Sunday I saw the young turkeys and then one MUCH younger turkey following it’s older siblings around. Very cute.
Hummingbirds are still putting on a show at 7am and 7pm each day, and the bird feeders are pretty much deserted for now, so I know there is plenty of food out there for them to find on their own.
I’m pretty much done with canning vegetables for now. I am predicting one more picking of pole beans to freeze. Next project is to use the dehydrator on the pears at Beau’s request; they have a few more days to go to ripen some more.
Apples will mainly be made into Applesauce, (and a few pies to freeze) as I’m down to three pints! I like making my own; I can control the sugar content that way, and applesauce is wonderfuol to have on hand due to the many ways you can use it.
26 Sweet & Savory Ways to Use Applesauce:
https://homespunseasonalliving.com/6-sweet-savory-ways-use-applesauce/
Weird weather - very cloudy, looks like a storm any minute, but nothing on radar. It’s “cool”, high 70’s with a bit of humidity. There’s also been quite the breeze. All of this has Fall on my mind. The gray days remind me of November skies except it’s not cold.
Perfect day for shoveling that second load of dirt out of the trailer. It’s all in the 3rd bed, mounded up & tarped. I waited a week to pick up this load after we had a spell of heavy rain - the rain had drained out of most of what I got ... dry dirt isn’t near as heavy as wet dirt (duh!).
I didn’t mention that we saw “wildlife” going across the mountain for the dirt. A handsome red fox crossed the road in front of us so I slowed down to look in the woods - it had stopped & I got a good look. That was going .... coming back a snake crossed the road in front of me. It was on a fairly steep downhill and I was hauling heavy so I didn’t brake or swerve .... snake made it without getting hit. The interesting thing about the snake was that it sure looked like a Timber Rattler to me! I have seen plenty in the mountains doing trail work & hiking so I know what they look like. As long as I don’t see any Timbers around our place, I’m good with just seeing them in the mountains.
No more work today that involves my back. I think I’ll go on a date this afternoon with Clyde :-)