It's the middle of October. Where I live it means the beginning of fall which starts later here compared to most places. The leaves don't start changing color here in earnest until November. The weather always shifts here in mid-October as well. Yesterday was 90 degrees with 60 degrees for the low this morning. After tomorrow, our temps will take a downward chunk with high's in the mid-60's to low 70's and lows in the high 40's and low 50's. By Halloween, the nights are cold (for here) and will normally be in the low to mid 40's. There is even a chance of rain showers Wednesday and Friday.
So it's time to really get done what needs doing outside. I've been working on oak wood I collected from our property which means chainsawing it, lugging it home and cutting by hand with a maul and wedges. From the looks of things I'll get a good three cords out of it all. Here's what it looks like currently. As you can see I have a lot more log splitting to do. I've put a fair amount of cut limbs in my wood shed already.
Another thing that needs doing is to harvest the last things growing around here. This is how I like these plants to get. Waiting until they start turning purple is the sign they've gotten as good as they'll get. You can also see they are packed with trichomes. I like to wait until the trichomes start changing from white to amber in color. It's more medicinal at this point. It's a good thing that also coincides with time to harvest.
That's all for now. What do you want to kibitz about today?
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