The Tipi is down, the cover repaired and put away for now. Although I like it more for the winter use than any other time, for this winter we will keep it down. Perhaps we will use our little cabin this winter-we did not get to use it last winter due to the squirrels got into it and tore it up and we need to get all of that fixed. Maybe we will get to work on that this winter!
Scott is hoping to get the wood stove into the house soon and that will save us much money. He has worked on the fencing all summer-but there is still a lot of work on the fence that needs to be done. Not just upkeep, but more fencing needs to go in. If he can get some done before the ground freezes, he might try to do just that.
He has also been able to get a load of silage (for free!) he hand shoveled that into the wagon, then will hand shovel it out into a area that he can control how much the animals eat. Silage in itself, a lot at a time, is not healthy. So we do not want our animals to just eat and eat it, so we limit their access to it.
He was able to get some hay we will have about 200 bales to put up for the winter, at a dollar a bale, cant go wrong there!. That was a HUGE blessing! Now to get it all. He already picked up about 60 bales, but has more to get.
So this is what he has to do before winter:
*Go get the rest of the hay (and pay for it yet-and get more if it is available)
* still have hay from the other place on order we have to pay for and pick up too-about 16 round bales
* finish fencing
*finish building the other hay mow (one side is done-the second side needs to get done)
*finish removing the silage from the wagon
*winterize everything around here: windows, doors, garden hoses etc.
*re-stack stones/broken cement we got free from the church when they broke up the old sidewalk and we took the pieces home to use as a filler in the driveway and border wall- along the drive way
*finish siding the barn (we have had that siding for about 16 months, and try to get a piece up now and then...one side is almost done!) But it HAS to be done before winter. It will protect the barn.
I have to do the following:
*winterize the garden
*winterize the grand children's play area
*winterize the wood that needs some touch up painting-
*finish cleaning and organizing my old/new office inside
*sewing stuff (my new work clothes and stuff...)
*the front garden which has not been weeded for 15 months- (it was 'resting') needs to be weeded before winter so the old dry weeds do not re seed-
*and help Scott with the other list.
scott has a few weeks to get his list done...
I have one week. Sigh.
I was gone last week covering for another midwife-did 5 births in 4 days. Busy time!
Here are some photos of the fall views from where I stayed:
Here is a cute little old store in the valley...
here are a few other photos of the area...
Now I am home for one week then I leave for Virginia, to work with a midwife there for ??? a few weeks or up to about the end of November. I am not sure I will get everything done I need to do before winter! If not, then the snow will cover it and let it sleep until next year!
But Scott, who will be here-will work hard to get all of this done. Maybe it will keep him busy enough to not miss me!
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