For the hottest October.
We did get the promised rain; a very light shower in the afternoon. The morning was cool and required a light jacket to work outside.....and I did.
I mowed around the Milk Parlor, the east side (not quite all of it) and the area around the house. Used the trimmer some. I was stunned with the trimmer. I hadn't used it for quite some time and dreaded trying to start it......started on first pull! That must be a first.
Of course I had to pick up the trimmed perilla and toss it to the other side of the border. I am hoping that will help smother next seasons grass and weeds. That area by the gas tank is huge and I still have the back near the tank to finish.
I worked about 2 hours and then quit when Max came back from checking cows. He relocated them to the west half of the farm the other side of the lane that runs down the middle.
A lot of them bunched up next to the barn lot waiting for him.
The got very interested in my mower,
I saw more pumpkins while mowing around the house, stopped and clipped them off and moved them to a cushion of grass to cure a little more.
Just a follow-up note on my cleaning the Milk Parlor:
No inside pictures, but this is the result. I like how the morning sun shines behind making the trash look almost artistic....OK, that is pushing it a bit, but,
It is almost daylight, so I better get busy.
We did get the promised rain; a very light shower in the afternoon. The morning was cool and required a light jacket to work outside.....and I did.
I mowed around the Milk Parlor, the east side (not quite all of it) and the area around the house. Used the trimmer some. I was stunned with the trimmer. I hadn't used it for quite some time and dreaded trying to start it......started on first pull! That must be a first.
Of course I had to pick up the trimmed perilla and toss it to the other side of the border. I am hoping that will help smother next seasons grass and weeds. That area by the gas tank is huge and I still have the back near the tank to finish.
I worked about 2 hours and then quit when Max came back from checking cows. He relocated them to the west half of the farm the other side of the lane that runs down the middle.
A lot of them bunched up next to the barn lot waiting for him.
The got very interested in my mower,
Just a follow-up note on my cleaning the Milk Parlor:
No inside pictures, but this is the result. I like how the morning sun shines behind making the trash look almost artistic....OK, that is pushing it a bit, but,
Fall is the very best time for working. Your cows even look relieved to have cooler weather.
ReplyDeleteOur Garbage Pick-up people charge an extra 5 bucks for all that artistic extra.
Our rate stays the same. Most weeks the large black container furnished by the service isn't even half full.
DeleteUp to 80° today!
Good morning dear Glenda ~ Another enjoyable post! It's amazing how much more work we can accomplish when the weather is just right.
ReplyDeleteHappy Fall to you ~ FlowerLady
and we have the energy to do it.
DeleteWe are having a hot day today....then much more seasonal in a week or so.
Happy weekend.
We, too, are having a warmer than usual October. For a while our nightime LOWS beat out our normal avg Daytime HIGHS! Very dry 1st half, then rain second half. With just 2 'soft' freezes, the annuals are still going great guns. So colorful. I refuse to pull them until they die from weather... Is Perilla from the mint family? Does it root from stems?
ReplyDeletePerilla is from the mint family with square stems. No rooting issues like true mints, but self seeds with great abandon. I remember the woman I got it from said you will never be without it! Indians used it as an herb. Very licorice like. I have never eaten it.
DeleteThe green version is a native here. I just didn't know what it was until I got the deep red one. They smell the same.
I consider it great progress if there is a pile of trash.
ReplyDeleteI do too Gail. I only ran across one live mouse! Actually it ran across me.
DeleteI like to step into the building now just to appreciate the new clean version.
It has been very warm this October and not one drop of rain. We are now under a burn ban until Nov. 21. Love to see all you have accomplished.
ReplyDeleteWe had a very dry snap but it seems to have ended. I hope yours does too.
DeleteMy work goes a little slow but I am delighted it is going at all!
Warmer than usual October weather even up here in northern Minnesota. Can hardly believe it but am thankful because each "warm" day and night gives our apples another 24 hours to ripen and mature! Have already made two apple pies with apples still on the trees but ones that those goll-darn Blue Jays have pecked a hole or two in. The pies were super-good!
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about enjoying going back into a recently cleaned room or area and just admiring it. Must mean that order and cleanliness is the natural state and when it's not that way . . . unease and frustration!!
I thought it was just me! I know Max never seems overly impressed...well he had been using that awful area for months without complaining or doing anything about it......
DeleteIt has certainly been a warm October and I expect that is why our trees don't have as much color this year. I have seen some pretty trees but they are mostly in the residential areas. Many of our trees in the countryside are just turning brown. Love your audience behind the fence watching you. :) Have a nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteCheryl, my October Glory red maple still has no color. I think it doesn't get enough full sunlight but maybe it is the warm weather. Time will tell.
DeleteWarm here, too. Haven't even had our first frost yet.
ReplyDeletePerilla is medicinal, Google for the list, you'll be surprised how many things it's good for. Makes a nice tea. Not supposed to be good for cattle, just so you know. Since it's antibacterial and good for cuts and wounds, I think I'll go out and pick some and make an infusion. Both the purple and the green come up all over here, they travelled here from The Ponca House, apparently in some raised bed soil we brought over. I detect a bit of a licorice note in the tea.
We haven't had any fire out here so far this year, but I've already seen rats. Have trapped, drowned and buried five, but none in the last several days.
We had the green variety for years and I recognized the smell but never knew what it was. Mine is now either cut down or killed by the frosts. I have never used it for anything. I need to check it out.
ReplyDeleteWe were overrun with mice until we put out those green blocks of poison. I even had one run over my hand when cleaning the Milk Parlor! I haven't seen a rat in many years. I used to see the field rats when brush-hogging but haven't doen that in a very long time.