The end of daylight savings and the limited hours of light do have an effect. It is just harder to find time for a working person to do the chores that need to be done. In the past week, I have accomplished only a couple of tasks; picked and stored a couple of heads of broccoli and combined two smaller bins of composted horse manure. Of course, my 60th birthday left me doing other things as well. So, now I am faced with some small chores that I need to find time to do. Here is my list:
-- Go to the horse barn and get a load or two of manure.
-- Clean out the two raised beds that don't have anything planted.
-- Lay out and build three new raised beds (sort of a bigger chore).
-- Rake leaves.
-- Put the leaves and other dead plant materials that has been piled up through the shredder and get a new bin of compost started.
Most of this has to be Saturday work. The challenge is that I don't have the stamina or desire to spend an entire Saturday trying to get them all done. I will have to try to figure out what I can do in short periods before work, because that is the only time there is light available. (I haven't figured it all out yet.) I went out this morning and spent 12 minutes raking leaves. I timed the start when Jenna left to walk to the bus and the end when the bus arrived.
The temperatures have been warm and I still have the covers off the cold frames. It got down to 38 yesterday morning, but it is getting into the high 60s and low 70s during the day. I think that might be too warm to leave the beds covered. Some November! I am watching for colder weather.
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