Fall is coming soon!!!!

We have been gathering in the wood for the winter, so far we have a truck load of bigger pieces of wood that need splitting, and a truck load of smaller that just needs cut to length. We get our fire wood from a local guy that has his own sawmill. We get the edge and the trim pieces from the big logs . It is all hardwood, mostly oak and burns really well in our wood stoves. The price is very reasonable and will cut our electric costs this winter. The chain saw has been very busy the last few days, now the real work begins, the splitting.  The boy's and I will be using the axes, hatches, wedges and the Sledge, to make short work of the larger pieces, so they will be more manageable.  We will still have to get another Load of each, but for now it is enough to get stacked and put away.

We also processed about 40 pounds of peaches into peach butter and boy is it wonderful.  It is kind of like apple butter only made with peaches added with nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon.  The girls got the recipe out of the "Ball Book" last year and made a small batch.  We liked it so well that we made MORE this year.

We are making salsa today with the peppers and tomatoes from our garden.  We had to buy onions because ours aren't big enough yet.  We will be  getting it started as soon as my post is done. 

 God bless you

Tim