After a stretch of exceptional fall weather it is raining again. It never really dried out but now the mud has the consistency of grease.
Hard to walk.
Hard to work.
No corn will get chopped today. These photos are from yesterday, when it was fine enough to pick tomatoes and try to dig out the roots of those giant sunflowers.....unsuccessfully I might add.
Also, yesterday, Alan and Becky made the long trip south to get new piggies, a pair of gilts this year. They are remarkably fuzzy and quite different from last year's pigs. However, we have never gotten one that didn't grow really well from our pig farming folks and I am sure they will be fine. Last year we ended up with the best sausage ever, so we are going to make a lot more this time....believe it or not everybody liked it better than pork chops.
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Beautiful foliage photos.....
we are getting rain today. Yesterday it was blustery and most of the leaves have been blown off the trees. It had dried out nicely except down back where our wood is.....now it's very greasy like you explained. We won't be down there for a few days!
Some of the sunflower stalks were so thick and tall there was no way anyone was going to pull them out so we used a digging fork. Worked well and they are now all on the compost pile.
Congrats on the new piggies :)
the pork chops make my tummy hurt i didn't sleep at all last night :(
i'll try to pull then out with the lawn tractor for ya mom.
Only two???? LOL
Now that my entire lawn was dug up, and the trenches filled yesterday, and the rain today - well, the word of the day is MUD. And I just had sausage, but I bet not near as tasty as yours will be. Enjoy!
Deb, thanks, I just can't stop taking them. As of this morning we are in the same boat. The wind is taking leaves down like mad....going to be a long season of drab, so I am glad we got to enjoy them for a little while. Take care
Alan, sorry
Alan, thanks, but don't tip the darned thing over!
NYV, he offered us three, but you know how that goes. lol
Teri, mud, poor you! This has been an awful year for it hasn't it? The poor boss has sore joints all over from having to walk in it and climb on and off the machinery.
We are the same on the pigs, whole hog sausage is what we use the most. I only had one ham done this year and bacon, a few roasts and ground the rest. Otherwise we end up with a freezer full of chops and pork steaks getting old...
Nita, they taste great, but we just can't seem to eat them....or at least not without pain. lol We give some away though...
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