The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

Looks the the storm decided to do some relandscaping for you there!

We are having another round of stormy here tonight. I don't might the rain ( I live in Oregon after all) but the wind I am not a fan of. We don't have any trees at our house, but there are plenty around, and there are some else where we are responsible for. After having a massive maple fall at our old house wind make me nervous.

Stay safe!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Just lot's of rain... but did have some dry months so this is good for the forests

 

[getaclue]

Cap, do you have a tractor, and a scoop, so you can move the sand?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cap, do you have a tractor, and a scoop, so you can move the sand?

No, sadly, we don't and there's really no way to get down there except with the Mule. I am going to use that as a source of sand for all of the chicken runs. So it's shovel by hand, a bit at a time.

 

[getaclue]

Wow, that's a lot of physical work.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Wow, that's a lot of physical work.

My new fitness plan! I have already been digging up sand a 5 gallon bucket at a time.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Cap that is going to be some effort could you start just shovel throw ?
sorry thinking I do have to shovel rain or the ground here is not that steep
but sure feel the pain you will have

 

[lovesfarms]

Will the roses keep blooming till December???? I keep feeding the blossoms to the chickens. Any how the ones they can't reach, they help themselves to the rest. I think that's why they havn't stopped blooming all summer. My dad used to show us how even the scrawniest weeds produce seeds. He said it's nature's way to continue producing fruit of the earth year after year. If I keep picking the flowers, it can't produce seeds and multiply so it keeps trying

 

[ronott1]

Will the roses keep blooming till December???? I keep feeding the blossoms to the chickens. Any how the ones they can't reach, they help themselves to the rest. I think that's why they havn't stopped blooming all summer. My dad used to show us how even the scrawniest weeds produce seeds. He said it's nature's way to continue producing fruit of the earth year after year. If I keep picking the flowers, it can't produce seeds and multiply so it keeps trying

It depends on where you live. Here they will keep producing rose but roses need to be pruned back in December.

roses start from clippings so you can pick some good ones when you prune in January.

Let me find a source for you.

 

[Peep_Show]

Wow. There's A LOT of water. Guess whoever's chore it was to water the landscape and trees gets a free ride for a bit. (silver lining)

Our state -- New Mexico -- has once again been put on severe lockdown for two weeks. Not a big deal for us for Thanksgiving as we weren't traveling to see family, anyway. BUT it did nix DH's 70th birthday dinner out at his favorite restaurant, so he's pretty bummed.

Put our veggie compound to rest for the winter... Well, there's garlic planted in the beds, but that doesn't really count as it's not harvested until early summer and if the cloves don't sprout before deep winter, then no need to mulch or do much of anything.

Other than salad and dairy, we're pretty self-sufficient here and not needing to go to the grocery store. Solved the dairy with a stock of powdered milk. Our local farmstand that we prefer to get our produce and cheese from is out of their living lettuce (again!), so I sprung for my own indoor hydroponics system. Nobody's in the second guest bedroom (a/k/a the project room), so might as well make it useful.

Been blowing leaves and making compost. Fall is just busy with seemingly endless yard cleanup. Sadly, not as young as I used to be and so the choring takes longer. Of course, that afternoon nap kind of cuts into the workday.