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I am now 25lbs away from my goal. I don't feel much like measuring this morning. I don't really feel like doing anything, but I can't let today be a lazy day. I've got to rake the lawn (next time I buy a mower with a grass catching bag) before the storm coming up the coast lands here and I've got to can the green beans I picked up at the farmer's market before they turn. I hope to do enough canning in the next few weeks to get me through the winter.
I'll be preparing the yard for next year so that I can have my garden back. I bought a house in the spring and decided to forgo the home garden this year and focus on getting moved and settled in. I'm glad I did because over the course of the summer, I have spotted a few creatures that ruin gardens in my yard including deer and ground hogs. So, my goal before winter hits is to get the fence put up to deter the deer and the bears (I haven't seen them, but the neighbors tell me that they roam around here), get the raised beds in and line them with chicken wire (ground hogs can't burrow through it) and burlap (weed prevention) for next year, and to have the chicken coop built (I've already got the tools and materials) and supplied with Golden Comets. Lots to keep me busy over the next 2.5 months. Ya know, of all the things I ever wanted to be when I grew up - farmer/homesteader never crossed my mind. Now, I dream of worm composts.
You know what they say: You can take the girl out of the city, but you can't make her put her middle finger down when she drives.
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