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I've been B.U.S.Y. DH is now in physical therapy. Making progress, BUT, too much sitting and not enough walking, so more work for Duckums!! :hit The list of number of people to whom I would fetch and carry stops at one hand. DH knows that he is Privileged, so I get to make more decisions like...

Going through the greening up tomatoes. ALL of these were bright green one week ago, now needing to be eaten/processed. The big ones I got for freebies at the farm stand. The small ones I grew. Equally delicious. We had last of the season BLT's Saturday night--SOOO Yummy! Today I cut and...

We put that chair up in the loft. We had two of the same, DD's had sat too many times cross legged, so the webbing was knocked out. The other died--this one survived and YES, I do take breaks in that chair!

Here are the rest, including the tractor work, although it wasn't very heavy, just helpful, and the new hay stacked, 2 shots for reference. You can see the 60+ bales of 2024 straw that wasn't used. Next year will be different...

D Middle DD is experimenting with using tomatoes and the dried tomatoes I gave her to make pasta and pizza sauce--she makes a Mean pizza! I await her results...

So...pots near the house didn't get frosted Or frozen Friday morning. Now, it looks like we Might have a frost next Saturday morning, November 1st, but the forecast keeps changing, so that might not happen. I am hoping that the little okra on the plants that all decided to keep on going, will...

NOT in my garden, but I got 2025-6 hay delivered yesterday, 300 bales. I finally swept where the old hay had been, EVERYWHERE in the loft, and moved/stacked 53 (2024) bales. they all weigh between 60-65 lbs each. It looks nice and neat and I start This winter with 153 bales of hay, an adequate...

When I stopped at the small lot farmstead yesterday, they were offering large green tomatoes--free. Some woman asked if I cooked green tomatoes. I said, no, but if she took some and put them in a bowl in the kitchen they would ripen. She didn't know this...

Freeze last night through 9AM. :eek: In town for dentist appt yesterday. Stopped at the Lutheran Church for pie pumpkins. DD wants to make some pumpkin cheesecakes, so I'll go back again next week, when I'm in town for DH's physical therapy. The pumpkin sale is a yearly youth fundraiser. ALSO...

https://modernfarmer.com/2025/10/highest-yielding-cover-crops/ @Rhodie Ranch , BLue Buffalo smells better. Vet suggested Canidae, but they don't make a puppy formula. I am going to look into switching over to that next year. SHE said it is high calorie, so less filler.

@Shades-of-Oregon AND @catjac1975 , Great photos!! :love

Besides walking better and getting a real puppy arm workout 9x.day, I am experiencing other new things, like a washer that can do a hot load and not break AND a dishwasher, something I haven't had for close to a decade. I Am using it and I didn't think I would. I am on a spending spree, taking...

I put away almost of my tools Saturday morning before the possibly 3 inches of rain fell starting at 1PM. I found a collapsible Finally I cleaned up my garlic bed. It needs another once over digging and amending before I plant...??? I noticed some of my garlic has dried out. Guess I will cut...

Yesterday I spent one hour pulling weeds in my 2024-5 garlic bed. My garlics have been drying out--dunno how many are viable still. I am at DD's house this morning for plumbing work. Puppies slept OR just stayed quiet and dry from 9:30PM-5:30AM, so progress We are expecting frost Wedesday &...

Just a thought: Have you considered just storing the dehydrated peppers in a sealed jar and grinding them up as needed? I only ask bc even in a drought WE are super humid here and I would lose the powder if I did it that way. I has discovered that the longer the peppers sit in the jar, the...