Random Pictures from Sunday

The squash garden tidied up, awaits winter.

I love the last few apples, hanging on to the trees

Enjoying the last Sunday of November and grateful that it is lovely out.

Love elephant ears any time of year.

Some of the garden, weed whacked, waiting for tilling

no voice ... no problem ...

Planted another 80 cloves of garlic yesterday bringing this fall's total to 170 ...which I think should be a fine harvest for next year - I was able to only plant the biggest best heads this year so I'm excited for next year already! We have plenty of decent garlic left for winter too. Big T tilled the second bed for me which made planting a snap.

garlic bed one - the rail is down to mark the Korean and Schoolhouse garlic divide

All Schoolhouse garlic in the back bed this year

Dinner last night was delicious ... local chicken breasts baked and then finished with a little tomato sauce and Swiss cheese with our own squash and baked potatoes - YUM!

After I did the planting and before I started dinner I was bored but not breathing super well so I pulled up a YouTube video on casting on (a piece of knitting I couldn't recall ever doing). YouTube is awesome. I did a long tail cast on and started knitting and purling. Too much fun! Too smart given that I'd like to work on sustainable farming in the most humane, least animal destructive way ~which fibre does!  We'll see what the final product looks like, then I'll have to try more complex things - but a perfect winter thing to learn!

This is the site I used for the knitting help http://www.knittinghelp.com/. Very helpful!

90 garlic cloves planted

one bed done - another to go

squash bed ready for winter hibernation

hundreds of crocus, tulips etc planted- just a few hyacinths left (thanks to Dad and Jean for such a smart birthday present!)

winter is certainly lurking around the shadows ....

sharing 256 acres

to walk

to wood

to graze

to plan

to plant

to hay

to sing and dance together and be joyous

talk about gratitude ...

what a glorious glorious day ...

potatoes are dug

my most excellent supervisor

some bulbs are planted (still a few more to go though)

dogs are still curious about where the deer died but recalling off the site nicely

chickens are still happily clucking and laying eggs

My filming set up

got a little yard agility in too

found paths are so much fun

yup - that's a lake view peeking out from behind the tree

views every way you turn

we have been having a lovely fall here (fabulous for us given how insanely busy our work weeks are!)