We purchased two high quality round bales for our four horses. We are learning how to hay our horses for our first winter. Moving the round bales into place was the first step. It turned out well.
We got our first full frost last week. The frost coated everything outside with ice. The sun soon came out and melted the crisp cold frost. But I still had to scrape my car windows before leaving to feed horses.
I needed another vacuum for the downstairs part of our house. Dragging our Hoover vacuum around up and down stairs was getting too dangerous. So at a church yard sale I got this old Kirby with the attachments and original lint for $5.00. I had to empty about 10lbs of lint from the bag and after that it worked great. It is simple and loud but it does the job.
The days ends so soon and night comes so fast. The moon never goes away even during the day. The farm chores take longer as the days grow shorter and the leaves rush into the barn. The chickens roost early as they are sleepy and chilled by the cold coming nightfall.
I bought some zucchini and decided to dehydrate them. I added seasonings and salt and let the dehydrator do its job. The result was crisp zucchini crackers. They are tasty and a healthy snack. And they can be added to recipes or eaten straight.
Walking in our Ozark woods in fall is always fun. The colorful trees, the crunchy leaves and the things you can find; like a "chain snake". I saw this heavy intact chain coiled up around a tree. I pulled it out and dragged it home. It is a huge tractor tow chain. We asked around and it belonged to the original owner of our land. He recognized it after many long years of being lost in the woods. But he let us keep it to use on our tractor and it has come in handy.
