I'll second that!! It's where my name on here came from, before we started calling our farm Sycamore Springs. I should probably change it. It seemed like every morning was foggy, our mountain views seemingly gone completely. This fall has been DRY. We need rain desperately. It has been weeks now.Good morning, Atlas friends. It's a foggy one to start, sun's trying to break through, going to be another hot one, sigh. Amazing how we are surrounded by higher mountains, but fog can hide a giant completely. This has been a very hot summer, but I fear it will be a very cold, wet winter. We have started our wood supply. We buy wood to get started but we do cut and gather wood from the property. It's just that it's harder and harder for Tom to put away all our wood with his back, knee and other issues.
Our stack of wood from pasture clearing is calling our name, too. It needs to be split and stacked. We heat with wood alone in the winter, and go through about 6 +/- cords depending on the severity of the winter. We've got two young boys willing to help (and earn a dollar or two) stack the wood, it's just a matter of finding the cooler temps to do so. Cooler temps both for the comfort of working and so that the threat of copperheads and timber rattlers is decreased. Wish I could lend you a couple little workers!! When my Sister and family visited, my oldest (8) sat down next to my BIL, sighed, and said "Yep. I do a lot of work around here for very little money." Hah!! That's one for the quote book. He wasn't complaining, just commenting that he does a lot of work here (with pride) and gets a little money. Hearing that the way it was said, though, it was taken the other way around, and will be an ongoing joke from now on.