moon, mice and veggies

The late fall new moon is tipped almost vertical because the eclliptic–the path the sun moon & planets appear to follow around the earth–is angled almost flat to bring the sun lower in the south at noon, lowest by Dec. 21.  And that's the harbinger, fall ended two weeks ago, and we were hit the 2nd week of Nov with cold and snow, well below 0.  And it snowed more, and more.

Here's the evidence of some wee invaaders.  We unfortunately used a lot of old hay for mulch.  Our garden suffered a bountiful population explosion of mice.

Grandchildren did a good job harvesting carrots, but not before the previously mentioned friendly 4 legged harvesters took sizeable bites out.

 

 

 

 

We want to remember our bountiful fall.  Too much sweet corn, we ended up processing over 100 lbs and giving away at least as much on the ear for Crow fair, churches, etc.  And Hannah enjoys feeding the three chickens left.  The other 21 or so are in the freezer.  Grandma and I did the operation with almost no grandkid supervision.  Too gruesome for their age??

Those pesky invaders proved to be food for Sheila the Aussie Shepherd, but there are too many mice

Grandma's garden produced.  These are samples.

AFr. Charlie asked us to care for the apples in the tree behind his parsonage.  They were the right size, not oversize like modern apples, and delicious.dd caption

To be continued...