Aside from a brief warm spell over the weekend (it got into the mid 70′s) it has been getting colder and darker, it seems, each day. A sure sign of the oncoming winter. We have been wondering what kind of winter we’ll have this year, and you can’t guess accurately based simply on what it’s like right now. There have been years where it was frosty by the end of September but then barely got under 40 the rest of the winter. There have been years where it was in the 80′s in October and then snowed through December and January. You just never know.
Either way the colder temps and grey days have us wanting to settle in and stay nicely bundled inside. But we can’t yet. There is still far too much work to be done outside. I have a new garden gate to paint, there is still weed – whacking to be done, there is still brush to be moved and burned, stock tanks for water need to be placed and hay needs to be ordered and delivered. We can’t settle in yet.
It’s all coming along, though and I think we’ll be happy we put all the effort in.
Speaking of……. I am happy I managed to get a big bag full of garlic cloves planted in the garden this fall:
It doesn’t look like much but this is my garlic row, which has been composted and mulched and is sleeping until spring.
I also planted my potted strawberry plant into a ore permanent home in the garden.
I always kept my strawberries in pots because I was warned they grow and spread and take over everything like mint.
Then I realized…..they’re strawberries. Would it be a bad thing if they took over the whole front garden?
Not really, no.
Tagged: Farm, food, Garden
