Hold on winter, I’m still in summer mode!

WINTER IS COMING!

     Over here, we are officially grasping at summertime and trying our best to hold on while we enjoy the outdoors (it’s finally cool enough to be in the sun), eat the last of the fresh garden veggies, and finish up summer chores. Preserving is NOT finished and the garden is NOT fully harvested, even though the hens have been released to forage as they please in there. We have shelters to build, water lines to be put away and a whole host of other warm weather chores on our tab. We really are grasping even though it’s gone, frozen drinkers and hoses in the morning are the obvious signs, but we continue to chug along, like it’s still summer. One more BBQ, check, chickens still in the pasture, check, and food still in the garden, CHECK, CHECK! We will just pretend that summer isn’t over until the leaves have fallen (even though that skips FALL) and probably find ourselves harvesting potatoes while the first snow comes down on top of us like our last potato harvest. It keeps life interesting.

     You won’t hear me complaining about the temperatures NOT being in the 90s, but below freezing has its difficulties as well and maybe I will paint that picture this winter after an especially difficult morning of chores (which is bound to happen). Yeah, I think we will hold on for a week or two more and stumble about the final tasks, just praying that winter doesn’t come early. Before then, we will enjoy highs in the 50s and dust off the heat lamps and finish off one more group of chickens, even if its a little late.

I mean, the flies are still holding on so….

Some of our muscovies enjoying the shade in the pasture.

Have you been struggling to give in to the season change too? Any last minute trips to the lake, or barbecues on the books for your family?

What are you doing to prepare for winter? Any indoor active toys for the kids you pull out, or favorite scarves and boots? Let us know!