It’s hard to believe we are deep into autumn already! The back-to-school time found us busy juggling new schedules and trying to find a new routine.
I was pleasantly surprised at the responses we got over our roadside flower stand, and disappointed that our fall vegetables were mostly a bust. The flowers were almost a fluke; we grew them because I wanted something pretty. Once the zinnias started blooming, they hardly stopped. However, given the revelation of our dirt issues, I was not surprised that our vegetables didn’t do so well. The only real vegetable success we had was the bottle necked gourds. Those were fun to watch grow, and a fun harvest as well.
Our big summer building project was the chicken coop, and Evan is already planning a “next time”– what to do to make it better and maybe bigger.
As we head into fall and winter, our focus moves inside. In addition to a few home improvement projects, we also have to start planning for next spring. Hopefully, we’ll make some soil adjustments and have a more productive vegetable garden. We also have to look at getting our apple trees trimmed sometime in January, and order new bushes and trees to continue our orchard expansion.