Crispy Fall Days...30º

A productive day yesterday as Herb and I took a walk, then returned home to have breakfast, before spending the rest of the morning outside...We raked and hauled maple leaves to the garden where I spread them on a garden spot, added a layer of straw, topped it with alfalfa pellets and covered all with manure...This spot is being readied for next years potato patch and in the spring I will add more layers before planting the potatoes in a bed of straw...Then over the summer we will add more fertilizer, straw as needed and water on a regular basis...Herb does all the loading and hauling while I do the unloading and spreading...Works for us.

I had extra fertilizer in the wheelbarrow so I gave a generous portion to the asparagus bed, feeding it for the winter...Pulling carrots was next on my list, filling a four gallon bucket 3/4 full...Now they are scrubbed clean and ready to put in plastic bags and refrigerate for winters use...Sweet and delicious they are.

Backing up a bit, on Saturday afternoon 10 of us drove to the Elgin Opera House where we had tickets for the musical "The Addams Family."...An excellent show, dancing, singing, sets were all wonderful and very entertaining...The drive to Elgin was lovely and back home by 6pm, Herb had the table set and roast leg of lamb, mashed potatoes and carrots cooked to perfection...Becky and Pam joined us to eat and were home, ready for bed by 8pm...H is getting good at following my sketchy directions, watching to make sure the roast doesn't burn and cooking veggies, so it is ready when we walk in the door, ready for a glass of wine and dinner!..Hugs to All...OWAV:)

Part of the set for 

The Addams Family

Driving to Elgin