Sunday, October 11, 2009

First Snow


I was excited about the beginning of Autumn and all its glories and then yesterday morning this is what we woke up to.













We had planned to make apple cider, but we really needed to get it done. The weather experts said we had 8 hours below freezing so the growing season was "officially" over.
Tonight we are supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Autumn has arrived



Our favorite apples, the HoneyGold, are ready to be picked and eaten. We've been making apple crisp and eating it almost every day, breakfast, lunch and supper. I think that is my favorite part of the fall. I think it tastes so good because it makes me think of my mother and I have an image of her in the kitchen cutting up apples and putting them in the pan.



















The amur maples are turning color, although it will be about two weeks before they are at their peek.


Even the crab apple tree is loaded with crab apples. In the winter and early spring the birds will come and eat the apples.

There is a lot of planning in the fall. The sheep have been separated into their breeding groups. We have to decide which rabbits will be overwintered, poultry has to go into the freezer.
The boys picked all the pumpkins and put them around the yard to celebrate a favorite season!