On Friday I found out my helper friend had covid. I tested and had a negative result. I was able to get my Wednesday helper in his place, but in the afternoon. So I processed the huge beets myself in the

Thursday was a gorgeous autumn day, in the low 70’sF, sunny, and with wonderful light. The first thing I had to do after cleaning up the kitchen was dice the beets from Thursday and package them for the

On Wednesday, my new Wednesday helper got her times mixed up and finally arrived at 8:15AM. We headed right out to the Big garden and started harvesting beets. We pulled off all the greens, sorting the

Tuesday morning when I pulled the shades up, this is what I saw. It gradually got more intense and covered more sky before slowly turning golden. I was up early at 4:45AM as I had a lot to do before my

My new window helper arrived at 8:00AM and he brought the storm door window up from the cellar. Then he brought all the 2nd floor window storms upstairs and we got started in the old office. There was

New Herb garden after the rain I spent all of Saturday finally finishing the bills/budget. It was last done in August. Everything is put away. I, of course, had lots of supervision. As usual around here,

Pink sunrise On Friday before it started to rain, we had color finally. But the color won’t last as the rain will knock most of the leaves off this weekend. Because it was going to rain all day, I had

On Wednesday I had very little energy. The hay mulch was delivered late morning and we got it in the barn. That was about all I got done. Afternoon sun from my chair My general helper came at 5:00PM and

On Tuesday my general helper arrived at 8AM and we set to cleaning off the pea fences and removing them. The gourd vines were everywhere. We were just starting on the garden itself when my helper friend

On Monday my driver for the appointment didn’t show up. I called and fortunately another driver just came in and he managed to get me there only 3 minutes late. Just before I left a friend of my son’s

On Sunday morning the wood guy called at 8:45AM to say he was hooking up the machine and would be over soon. He is just around the corner from me. So my brother and I went up and loaded 12 pallets into

On Saturday morning I got out there around 10:30AM to start the mowing. Once I had the push mower trim done, I used the rider and started on the area around the pasture garden. It wasn’t high and didn’t

Middle pasture with a little color On Friday my helper friend arrived at 8AM and we went out and cleaned out the woodshed. We got the cold frame covers inside and put things back. Then we got the cages

Wednesday was nearly a total washout, I wasn’t very functional. I managed to get the fairy and bird bath in the house and a load of dishes done and that was it. I should have been out in the Small garden

On Tuesday it was cold and cloudy. I had the fire going in the stove all day. I got far more Kapija peppers than bell peppers to process. This is my largest colander. This is all I got for the bell peppers.

Well, it happened. When I went out to do chores, there was frost on the windshield. It was supposed to be in the 40’s on Sunday night. So I went out and picked all the peppers. I will be freezing them

Here’s a couple taken on Friday, Larry helping me play solitaire and… the contractor got the siding up on the back wall. He still has the soffet, etc to do on the eaves and the trim to finish. On Saturday

Ok, I apologize for posting so many of the driveway with its golden leaves, but I am quite taken with the color. It’s actually much more golden in real life. On Friday the new forecast was that the rain

On Thursday I was out at the Little trees by 8AM to finish all the weeding. My helper friend would be here at 11:30AM and I wanted to be done by then. I got all set up with sleds spread along the weedy

Wednesday morning was cool and foggy but the temps were to soar into the mid 80’s. So I got out at 8AM and started unloading the truckload of wood chips. I had to load the truck again and I almost had