Summer Falls by the Wayside

There is a cool, crisp chill in the mornings now. Crops are being harvested. Deer and elk can be seen in the corn fields and across the hay fields taking advantage of the rich leftovers from harvest as they make a last ditch effort to eat everything in site to bulk up for the winter ahead. In the distance we can hear the trumpet of bull elk as they announce their mighty presence. Overhead the honking of geese resounds as they wing their way south for the winter. Leaves are beginning to blush bright yellow as horses are being turned out to pasture. All of these things remind us that, despite the long warm season, autumn is in the wind just waiting to blow in with all her glory. Before long, summer will become a distant memory. Trees will glisten with vibrant reds, yellows and oranges just before dropping their leaves to blanket their feet for the winter ahead. The morning chill will turn to frost. Fully feathered chicks and chickens will have to puff up their feathers to insulate from the threatening cold. The goats and the horses will start growing their winter coats. All vegetation will be put to bed for the winter while all the animals will start to eat almost twice what they had eaten in the warm summer months. Right now we are graced with an occasional gentle rain at our doorstep.
Soon we will find a drenching rain greeting us daily. I better get busy and get my loafing shed finished and my hay put up and my trees planted and my garden beds weeded and over seed the bare patches in my lawn . . . before it is too late!
So as you can see, as Summer Falls by the wayside, there is still (always) something to do at Almosta Farm :)