More Rain Coming and Work

 Lots of work being done and rain supposed to be on the way in Monday night. Not that we haven't needed it because we do. The rain a couple weeks ago was great.

We still have a ton to do both barn work and the garden with a bring in wood and so on.

Lots of beans picked and canned, we froze about 4 gallons. Yellow, green and dragons.

Supposed to be getting down in the 30's F. by the end of this coming week and we still have stuff in the garden that isn't quite ready yet.

Dh has been working hard trying to get the barn ready for winter. We have the east wall up, the door may be a tarp this winter. Also still needs flashing put up.

Both of the frost free hydrants have been replaced. The back yard one was here when we moved here in Sept. 2004 and dh kept adjusting it to get it to work but we finally realized it needed replaced.                

Back yard. At least it had a shut off on it.

We found broken concrete blocks as he dug a few inches under the sod.

Chicken yard. Digging old one up.

Leaking badly.

He had to dig a drainage ditch.

Putting a shut off valve on, it didn't have one and we had to turn off the water to the whole house twice. The first time when he dug it up to replace it. Then having to stop the leak and go get the parts needed to put on new parts and valve.

In and putting the rock and dirt back in.

Chickens helping, NOT!

Hydrant in and blocked off from the chickens digging around it in the loose dirt.

Picture of a spider web blowing in the wind off of the top of a lilac bush.

Another September

 Or maybe the title should be; We're working as fast as we can.

The neighbor came over and helped with the gutter on the front of the barn lean-to on Saturday. We trade back and forth with helping with things. Better than ladders :).

The weather is turning cool, we even had a couple of rains that we needed. Made the grass and pastures green back up really quickly. Dave had to water the rest of the garden Saturday night as it was drying out. But still doing good. \

The pie pumpkins are turning orange and the corn is still not ready to pick. The corn may be cutting it close for being ready before our first frost. Usually this month.

I made sweet pickles with some beet juice in it so they look a little strange.

We have been canning beans, yellows, dragon and purples. But the dragons and purples turn green when canned. To bad they would look really neat.

I have been making jean purses or overnight bags whatever folks what to use them for. I sew in several pockets. Good way to use up scraps of things and old ties. On this one buttons and Velcro hold the pockets closed.

Everyone take care and have a safe late summer.