leaf-pocalypse

They are so darn pretty when changing and up in the trees..but, then they start to fall. We just did the darn things last Friday  Then again, we have done them every week since October but they don't stop falling, and this weeks winds did not help.
The word "more" is an understatement, it was tons. If Senior and I could figure out a way to sell them by the gross ton, we would be Gazillionaires..

When we do leaves, it is several hours of Senior on his mower with the bagger, dumping them in the ATV trailer and me hauling them off to the woods. Bagging them is not an option, besides, they don't make enough to handle all the leaves around here.

This is the mother of all oak trees. I couldn't begin to imagine the age of the ole girl. But she stands magnificantly over the property:

There are atleast 15-25 trees in and around the house, so we worked and raked piles around them. Makes for a nice view along our driveway as people come in.

 



 

And right when you think you are about done:

look!

 More leaves..

*SIGH*    

                                                

 

If there is any consolation...at least we are not up in Buffalo, NY. those poor folks wish leaves was their only problem..  Prayers fot them.

Backyard Project

Remember over the summer when Senior and I made the raised beds? Well as great as the idea was, it really did not pan out. Because they sat so high, they stayed incredibly dry, so therefore the things we planted did not do well. The only bumper crop I had was carrots.

I decided yesterday that I would Not watch any of the events on TV today. I have stuck to my word. The Tube as not been on.
  It  is also St. Martins Day ( Thanks Pioneer Preppy! ) and the kids were out of school we set out to modify the beds.Of course the child labor did not come cheap. They demanded payment in brownies. We had to shovel out the soil and load it in to wheel barrows. Then knock out the bottom boards. This was so the roots of all the plants would have more room for growing. We piled them into a wheel barrow to be used for the fire pit. But some of them are so nice, that I am thinking of scrubbing them off and finding another project to use them for.

It was a lot of dirt to move, but both kids got in there and worked really hard. Then we cleared the area under the boxes of weeds and grass that was growing. Again, they worked really hard on this part.
Even Mosin got in on the action with us:

And the finished product is this:

 We decided to keep the legs on the boxes and just flip them over, because when we have tomatoes planted, the Mockingbirds are notorious for attacking them. So Senior is going to make a sort of tent over them and around them. To keep the birds and Little Mosin out. He seems to like dirt and all things mud.

Then I had to pay the day laborers. As promised Peanut Butter Cup Brownies.  However Senior told them that he would need 60% of the brownies for taxes.