Well Monday was a July like day in October. I worked outside all day long and in short sleeves as well. It got down right hot walking up and down these yards and the mountain as well. I understand from the forecast for this weekend the snow flurries will become a part of the scenery with the low's down into the 20's, yikes what a drastic change from the past couple days, oh well.
We started the day with a big sleep in until 8:30. That is the latest so far this year as we were plum worn out from the big day and night at church as we helped with the concert. Most of those 12 plus hours were on our feet except for a few minutes during the concert when we found an empty seat. The flannel sheets on the bed also helped with sleeping in until nearly half of the morning was gone. Never would that have happened in my early years as there were cows to be milked at sunup as well as the hogs, chickens and mules to be fed and watered before heading out to catch the school bus after walking nearly a country mile. That seems like so long ago but very vivid in my memory.
After a lite breakfast of fruit I headed out with the leaf blower and rounded up thousands of fallen leaves and herded them down to the bank in the lower backwoods yard as well as pushed a few into the fence around my upper garden where I later raked them in to decay. If leaves can fertilize huge forests why not put some to use in my gardens to break down and add compost and humus to the soil. Most plants like acid PH soil for growing and oak leaves is a great source that is readily available in the Fall. Plus I wanted to give the new grass a good coat of lime to help with controlling the moss that thrives in the shaded back woods yard. That kept me busy until after lunch when we decided to take our daily hike to the top of the mountain. We saw Jetta and Zeke and he followed us for a short distance before turning back.
After a lite lunch of a hard boiled egg sandwich I headed back out with the lime spreader and gave all of the yards a good coat of pelletized lime to help when the new grass grows this next Spring and thwart the green moss that loves the yards. I found by keeping lime on the soil the moss hasn't been nearly as prolific despite all of the rain in late summer. The thinning of the several trees, 8 all together this summer has helped immensely as the moss thrives on acid shaded soil. Hopefully in a another year or so I will have a good stand of grass out back.
I piddled around outside until nearly suppertime then grilled a couple hamburgers and dogs for supper along with a fresh guacamole and a few tater tots. I spiced mine up with garden grown jalapeno peppers and slathered it on my burger, yeow was that ever an eye watering gourmet delight. After the cleanup we settled into the Fox News channel to see what our incompetent leader(s) has now done or hasn't done in keeping us safe from ISIS, Ebola, criminal illegal immigrants while safeguarding the rights of his Muslim friends and creating race baiting in our land. What a bunch of losers who definitely brought change to our land and I hope those who voted for this man now see what bad changes he continues to reap onto our once great country. No longer are we held in esteem by freedom loving people, nor are we feared by our enemies. I certainly hope those on the right or conservatives will see the harm this administration has placed upon America with this man's leadership or lack thereof, LATER
