Cool Maine Temps

It's getting a little cooler here in the northeast. I made Chili in the crockpot for supper and will be making homemade biscuits to go with it.
We have to keep chasing the chickens around because they love to go to the neighbors and eat sunflower seeds.
Our dog is not impressed with his muzzle he has to keep on his face but hopefully soon he will learn to leave it alone.
I pulled the rest of the plants up out of the garden today and set the corn stalks off to the side so they will dry out.
I'm finally getting myself onto a cleaning routine which seems to be working out great. Everything except laundry is usually done by 8:30 am. That's quite an accomplishment for me.
Here are some fall pics, a few pis of our animals and what we have done on our chicken coop this far.

Busy Fall

It has been a busy time around here. Our lab has had 2 emergency surgeries for being naughty and eating things he should not be. I just brought him home today from his second surgery. He now has to wear a special muzzle when he is out of his kennel. He had a 2 1/2 foot section of small intestine taken out as it was preferated. We are praying for his recovery and hoping he has learned his lesson.
The garden has all been harvested and canneed what I could. I know next year we definitely need to plant it a lot earlier. I will also put the fencing around the garden next year as the chickens ate 2 of the pumpkins and some zucchini.
We are happy they have started laying eggs again. Today we had 3 eggs.
Hubbs and the boys are finishing our pallet chicken coop. It's exciting watching it change shape.

The girls keep watching and inspecting the work. Once in awhile they will fly up next to hubbs to see what he is doing.

The leaves here are beautiful. A lot of our trees are getting bare.  The weather is nice. Not too hot and not too cold. I need to pull up the annual flowers in the flower beds this week. That way my perennials will grow.
Hope all is well and will update again soon!

Canning season updated Pics

I know it has been far too long since I've updated everyone.
Life has been very busy. Our oldest son graduated high school and is away at College. He loves it which I'm thankful for.
Right now I am in GA visiting my parents while hubbs is in Cooperstown, NY umpiring for the week. There is nothing like being with family.
My garden did not do as well as I had hoped BUT I did get to can some pints of beans, home made spaghetti sauce as well as blackberry jam. Pics down below. ( I found an electric pressure canner real cheap at ocean state job lot)
We have 1 HUGE pumpkin growing.
In September we will be getting our chicken coop for the chickens snd ducks.  That will be 1 lead thing to worry about come cold weather.
Here are some new pics, hopefully with all the kids going to school I can focus on my blog more again!

Homestead pics

This cute little squirrel ate everything in the wooden feeder out front and has moved onto one of the feeders out back. At this rate his friends will be rolling him around.😜

A few days in a row we had Turkey out back. I have not seen them since we snapped the pics. This is the first year we have ever had wild turkeys.

This weekend hubby planted our 3 dwarf fruit trees and my Pussy willows. We will put mulch around them this coming weekend.

This past week we haf quite a wind storm.  Our pool ended up in a big pile of twisted metal. Our trampoline had the same thing happen to it.
We were able to get the yard all clean this weekend. Next weekend my garden will be tilled!! I just need to figure where our herb garden is going.
Have a great week!