Have you ever had one of those days that was just satisfyingly productive? Yesterday (Monday) was one such day. I don't have photos of everything we did, but you'll get the idea.
Don and I started out in the barn where we moved a new hay bale in place. The cows are eating dry food as well as grazing on whatever new growth is coming up from the occasional autumn rains, which isn't much. This bale is the last of a rather iffy-quality batch of hay we got to tide us over last spring. We've been working on clearing the barn so the better-quality hay we purchased for the winter can be moved indoors.
Next, while I cleaned the barn, Don finished pouring concrete to form the last pier block needed to build the awning that will go on the back of the barn, which will offer the cows more shelter this winter. The pier will need to cure for a few days before doing anything further.
The rest of the morning and early afternoon was spent cleaning up. We have rain expected overnight...
...and we've been doing some fall cleanup anyway, so this gave us some extra incentive to get things done. To use up the last of the gas from the lawn mower before storing it away, I mowed the front and back lawns. Don collected assorted plywood and lumber that's been laying around, and stored it under cover. We collected tools (rakes, shovels, etc.) and put them in the shed. Don organized one of our outdoor sheds to better fit things. I cleaned off the back porch, which often gets messy because it tends to act as a staging area for miscellaneous projects.
By the time we finished mid-afternoon, the porch and yard and front of the barn were gratifyingly tidy.
Then, because we just had a cord of log rounds delivered for an extra boost of firewood, I spent about two hours splitting a good amount of it.
So yeah, it was just one of those satisfying and productive days. The summer heat is finally over, and we can work outside comfortably. We figure we have about four to six weeks to finish all the projects we want to get done before winter.
We are trying to get the chickens butchered and the onions, potatoes and other root storage crops in the root cellar since they have dried enough now. Also getting the rest of the garden harvested and then pooed and tilled until the spring. Drip lines up and hung, weed barrier covered hung to dry then rolled up and away in the garden shed. This is the busy part of the year for us but also a winding down time of the year. So glad we got our wood done in the late spring. Even had trees taken down this year and made into rounds then we split and stacked them all in the wood shed and are still gathering up the branches and all for a early winter slash pile burn or 5 (over 5 piles so far) God Bless !
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