Lovely Saturday

How nice to have a clear Saturday in the Fall!  My guys were working on updating the computer, so Belle and I took the opportunity to spend it mostly outside.  Our shed had a lot of moss and other debris on it.  I worked on it for quite a while.  I couldn't finish it, but I will. 

Then I looked at the worm bin.  I have been feeding them regularly, but just haven't taken much time to check on them.  WOW there are a TON of worms in there.  They have been busy while I have been ignoring them.  The people who lived her before had started a compost bin.  I cleaned out part of our garden and dumped old tomato stocks in there.  Then I thought, well there are a lot of worms for one little bin!  So I added about half the bin to the compost bin.  Not sure how that will work, but hopefully things will break down faster.  And it was past time to clean out my original bin too.  Now just to start USING the gold in there!!  Ok, I think I will let it grow over the winter and use it in the spring. 

As I said, I worked on the garden areas as well.  I got one pretty cleaned up and then Tim and I moved the chickens onto that one so they can clean it all up and give it a good fertilizing as well.  We will dig the fertilizer in before it freezes and it should be ready for good planting next year.  Then they get to clean up the next portion.  They are so good at cleaning up weeds and such. 

Next I tackled the leaves.  We have a lot of leaves from two huge cherry trees in our yard.  I keep thinking about having them taken down, but they really are beautiful big trees.  In any case, I raked a bit and covered our non-garden areas with the leaves.  Hopefully they will protect the areas from the weather and they will keep the weeds down.  Even if they don't break down (they are thick leaves!) I can rake them off the beds and continue to compost them in another area when spring comes. 

We are just at the beginning of the leaves dropping, so there will be a lot more where those came from.  I will be able to get a good load of them onto the side gardens.  These gardens don't get much sun.  I will look at what kind of veggies grow well in more shadier areas and see if I can get some stuff to grow there next year. 

Watched a very interesting documentary last night.  It was called Forks over Knives.  It talked a lot about how it is better for our health to eat less meat, fish and dairy.  I think it would be less costly too, even with eating all organic foods.  It is tough on Tim as he does the cooking around here.  So I am thinking about doing some research and seeing what I can do.  I understand grains and vegetables better than I ever have meat anyway.  I assured him that we are not going to CUT out meat completely, but lessening it is a smart thing.  And it seems easier to do in the winter when there are stews and soups that warm the tummy and the soul. 

Carl wants the computer, so I had better go.  Thanks for sharing this lovely Sunday morning with me.