Early signs

This time of year, there is a lot going on around the farm. School is already back in session in our part of the country.  The kids have been back in school for over a week and Dre’ has been back for over two weeks.  I don’t understand why we send them back in the hottest month of the year.  Labor Day was the traditional start of the school year in days gone by and Memorial Day the end of the year.  That has all changed and in my opinion, not a change for the better. 

It is time to start making repairs to buildings and fences and almost time to get pastures ready for the upcoming cooler weather.  I have fences to build and pastures to mow and debris to pile up and make ready for burning.  I need to do maintenance on my little tractor, replace some cables and the battery on it, too.  I have built scooter our pig a new house but he won’t move into it because he likes his old one. So, I need to do something to it to make him feel at home in it.  Scooter, our potbelly pig, is getting in the chicken coop and eating an egg breakfast every morning so, this weekend, I will make the coop “Scooterproof”.   As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I need to start gathering firewood for the winter.  We are still at least 6 weeks from the first cool night and ten or eleven weeks from the first frost but it is never too early to get things ready for the next season.  I need to plant greens and broccoli and other fall crops so they will be ready to harvest by Thanksgiving.  There is always so much to do but, honestly I love it.  I am never bored and always busy. I get to spend a lot of time outdoors and that is always

In our area of the country goldenrod grows wild as it does in much of the United States.  When it finally burst open in full bloom you are six weeks from the first frost.  It is not in full bloom yet but, it has started blooming.  The cattails are brown and their foliage has begun to turn brown as well.  The roots are still edible for those who know how to harvest and prepare it but, there aren’t many of us around, I don’t think. Many of the small trees are beginning to change their foliage from green to multi colors.  This is primarily from the lack of water in late summer but it is still a sign that fall is only a few weeks away.   This weekend I will walk around the place here and capture a few photos and try to capture the season as it looks here so I can share them with you.  

Until next time…John