October 19, 2026

We had a frost yesterday. I covered our peppers to keep them around a little bit longer.
 

October 18, 2026

 

October 17, 2026

The cosmos I planted is finally blooming.
 

October 16, 2026

I got a sink for my greenhouse.
 

October 15, 2026

My back yard maple is turning yellow.
 

October 14, 2026

A few weeks ago the stores got the Christmas stuff out. They've already got aisles and aisles of decorations out.
 

October 13, 2026

Last weekend we got the pool covered. I got rye planted around the peppers, which we left since they're still growing.
 

October 12, 2026

I guess President Trump was in a city not too far away- close enough my daughter couldn't fly today because we're in a no-fly zone. Somebody in a little, old bi-plane flew into the county airport near us and we got buzzed by an F16 fighter jet for about 15 minutes.
 

October 11, 2026

The car my daughter uses got new brakes on the front today.
 

October 10, 2026

We got fall chores done today- got the cover on the pool, the gardens disced and rye cover crop planted, except for the one with the pumpkins that are still growing. This is the rye seed.
 

October 9, 2026

We saw these fungus back in the woods. I have no idea what they are, but there's a lot of those round ones.
 

October 8, 2026

We're drying our potatoes for storage.
 

October 7, 2026

Some dahlias are blooming again.
 

October 6, 2026

We picked more pumpkins that have turned and most of the remaining corn.

October 5, 2026

We got the dirt ready for grass seed around the greenhouse.
 

October 4, 2026

I planted some hungarian sweet wax peppers... which are not sweet, but rather hot. At least they are colorful.
 

October 3, 2026

The pumpkins we got so far. They're not huge, but they have a nice shape and color.
 

October 2, 2026

The garden section where we grew sweet corn is ready for rye for the winter.
 

October 1, 2026

I disced the potato patch.
 

September 30, 2026

We got the rest of the potatoes dug.