Getting Winter Ready

I already had to get the heaters out for my water tubs last weekend when we were really cold. Obviously, I’ve unplugged them again since the weather on Friday was at a record high.  It’s just crazy up and down temperatures.

I took advantage of Saturday’s nice weather.

But, it sounds like we’re past the really warm stuff–much more seasonal now.  So I decided to take advantage of the last of the warm weather to try and finish some of my winter prep work. I had to put tarps on a couple of windows in the barn.

one of the west windows

Then I went to the garden.  It was even nice enough to drive the Ranger up there.

on the Ranger with Sky watching by the gate

It’s still a mess from being overgrown with the record wet July we had, but I had to get the tomato cages out of there.

my garden

So I tried to find them all.  I can’t imagine I didn’t forget some, but I have most of them.

While I was there, I tried bringing home a few things from the shed.  My poor nephew still has a lot of my stuff in his shed.

tools

That’s on my agenda, but somehow I don’t seem to get that done.

I wonder if I can get my sign off of there…

Anyhow, I did get some stuff done.

my rooster weather vane in the herb garden

I ended the day be finally reclaiming my rooster weather vane and getting it out of the herb garden.

Sky coming to help; my messy herb garden

I swear, if I get nothing else done next year, I need to do something better with the herb garden.