The Look of Fall Around the Homestead

Hunting season is here, the huge Maple tree out front it turning colors and dropping leaves, the apple trees are almost ready to be harvested- it's fall!

Hot cider, warm apple pie, raking leaves, tree work and hog butchering. (Well, maybe the last two aren't a thought of fall for most!)

This past Saturday we butchered one of our hogs. I'm still working up the money vs. pound-age and final costs. I'll let you know how that turns out.

The kids watching Gavin gut the hog.

We're thankful for fall and all it brings.

tree topping

When you live in an area that is pretty much considered a rain forest, it means you have lots of rain and lots of trees. We are trying to top some of the trees in our backyard to make more light available to the new garden this summer. Gavin and I got to do some great work on Saturday. Here's what it looked like,

the before shot

Gavin- a.k.a. stud man

Log go bye-bye

All the brush I stacked that morning- not including the afternoon!

Our garden- which closely resembles a pond right now

Wordless Wednesday

** I know this post is supposed to be wordless but this picture reminds me of Dave Slott's (from Drive Thru History) motto, "Safety Third." **