This time of year, we're scrambling to get ready for winter around here. Something about the nip of coming frost in the air just sends us into a frenzy of putting by, cleaning up, putting away and stocking up. Jim gathered plump walnuts to work up into delicious baked goods this winter.
We've bought firewood, stacked and covered it.
Cleaned up the garden, pulled the old plants, and tossed the dead stuff onto the compost pile. Coiled all the hoses and carefully put them away for spring use.
Anna found a toad in the garden vegetation.
Planted some cold hardy things for late season growth-the peas and collards are doing well, not much else is.
Now it's time to store away food for winter. We took Anna with us to pick apples. Fugi for long keeping, Golden Delicious for immediate delicious eating, and Jonathans for Jim's wonderful apple pie. Each apple is wrapped in paper, sorted into labeled bags and lowered carefully into our buried root cellar cans out back in the woods.
Another can holds knobby red potatoes that will stay fresh and crisp for meals all the way into April. We still need onions and carrots, but we're getting there!
We've bought firewood, stacked and covered it.
Cleaned up the garden, pulled the old plants, and tossed the dead stuff onto the compost pile. Coiled all the hoses and carefully put them away for spring use.
Anna found a toad in the garden vegetation. 
Planted some cold hardy things for late season growth-the peas and collards are doing well, not much else is.
Now it's time to store away food for winter. We took Anna with us to pick apples. Fugi for long keeping, Golden Delicious for immediate delicious eating, and Jonathans for Jim's wonderful apple pie. Each apple is wrapped in paper, sorted into labeled bags and lowered carefully into our buried root cellar cans out back in the woods.
Another can holds knobby red potatoes that will stay fresh and crisp for meals all the way into April. We still need onions and carrots, but we're getting there!
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