September Work Day

Last weekend it was summer, this weekend it became Fall!

With a 20 degree temperature drop, down to a high of 75, 

we made yesterday a clean up day- with a surprise!

I cleaned up the long drive, cutting back new growth popping

up on the edges while my husband jumped on the tractor to cut the

grass.  We both took the recyclables into the regional center,

it's single stream there which makes drop off so much better!

While I was there they took me for a tour of their resale shop, 

everything from nails and hinges, CDs, stereos, tvs

and household items.  Additionally, they resell paint.

A gallon is $6 but partials are free.  I picked up a couple of

free colors to repaint a cabinet which will hold quilting

books and supplies in the girl cave.

When we returned I started cutting out the weeds in the 

flower garden wall.  I had some leg problems earlier in the

year that kept me from climbing around very well so it was 

completely out of control.  I stacked everything in the fire pit,

found some old paper to start the fire and burned most of it,

except the poison ivy.  I carried small woody items over 

to the larger burn pile where we have tree debris to burn later.

When I looked down I gasped!

Oh no!  I was COVERED in those small, flat, green burrs that stick like crazy.

There had to be thousands of them!

I can't tell you how long I sat by that fire peeling burrs from top to toe.

My poor glove alone had to have hundreds stuck to it.  My husband used

his knife to grate them off into a pile which I burned in the pit.

Some friends and family arrived later and we put some wood on 

the fire and talked until we thought it was quite late.  We must

be getting old because it turned out to be only 8:30!

One of our friends broke her wrist but still had to tend the goats

so we all piled into cars, drove to her house and through the woods

to the goat field.  Her husband was talking to mine so the girls

took care of the goats by flashlight!  

I did not have a camera with me

so this is not the actual photo but representative of her goats.

This is Beau which takes care of those that have to be around the

house (kidding and the bottle babies).  His sister, Bella, is out 

with the main herd which is where we were.  

It was fun watching the babies and getting Bella and the goats 

fed and watered. One of the babies road back to the house with 

us to be bottle fed and returned the next day.  

Today I have to clean out the coop and put more straw in the

nesting boxes.  They keep pushing it out and the eggs end up

dirtier or someone jumps in and breaks the eggs.  I also have

cobwebs so need to find a good way to get those down.

I thought about taking an old sheet and wrapping it around a broom

and then just brushing the walls and as high as I can go on the ceiling.

If you have some tips, please share!

I hope your weather is as nice as ours has been.