October 4-10 2020 Fall Leaves are Peak, Garden, House

 

October 4-10 2020 Fall Leaves are Peak, Garden, House

Hello Friends!

It’s hard to believe it's October.  I’ve been cutting all the varieties of flower heads I can to collect the seeds for next year---zinnia’s, coneflowers, black-eyed Susan’s, marigolds, morning glories, etc., etc.  So much to do and the time is running out.  But, with the cooler temperatures my migraines were less this week again; only one migraine.  We also had to turn on the heat for the first time!!!! Yikes! Already.

Garden:

Besides collecting flower seeds I also started collecting green bean seeds too.  I dug up both Rosemary plants and brought them inside where it’s nice and warm. 

House:

The weather was perfect for painting the second coat of paint on the doors this week; a sharp red color that looks great against our house color.  I’m still painting the white trim around the house, deck, and stairs.  Foundation walls—the chickens had pecked into the foam board around the trim of our house the first year we had chickens.  I’d been struggling with how to fix the ugly damage and finally figured out how this week!  Phew!  I am so glad I thought to caulk the holes and then paint the trim with the sandy deck paint.  It makes our house look a million times better!  I’m so glad!  This is a big job, but I’m working on it!

Chicken Coop: I started putting up plastic around the outside inner section of the coop.  Each year I have to close that little room up so they will have an area to adventure out to during the winter when it’s not too cold.  It is really hard to do, but I’ve started on it.  It’s a big job and takes many days of working on it to get it all perfect and completed.

Picnic Table:

Dh is still working on fixing up the old picnic table.  Unfortunately, it rained on his freshly painted boards last week so he had lost some ground there. 

Dd’s Progress:

Dd hurt her back this week.

German: DuoLingo: 7 sessions = 1:10 hours

Biology: Apologia: 45 minutes

Physical Education: 4:40 hours

Reader: Heartless by Gail Carriger: 7 hours