Good Start

(all photos are clickable!)

These are all the scraps I had left after sewing

them up into what looks like a big mess.

I'm thinking "chicken scratch."

After I took these photos I did find some more fabric bits

to add to this jumble.

I would like to end up with

enough fabric to cut

into about 20 to 30 blocks.

I think they would look good in my chicken quilt.

I left the sewing on the table and went out to get my rake

and check on the chicken roost experiment.

The wood shaving look nice and clean.

I guess the chickens slept on the roosts.

Yay!

The girls are out and about in the leaves.

I finished the raking from the motor home to the gate.

And went to check on Morgan.

She is a versatile dog.

She not only herds chickens,

she also exerts a lot of effort keeping squirrels up in their trees.

She herds the squirrels from tree to tree.

Pretty neat!

OK, back to raking leaves.

Below is the before photo.

And this is 1/3 of the way finished.

If you click the photo,

you can see way down there past the table

are the rakes and a chair.

I take the chair with me

so I can take a rest now and then.

It is hard to tell in the photos

but these trees are very tall.

Some of them are over 100 feet tall.

And they make a lot of leaves!

There are many more leaves

over on this side of the property

so I resort to using what I call my leaf shovel.

It is really a snow shovel

that I push along gathering up leaves

and then push them off to the side.

Then I use the dirt rake

to finish up the job. 

Yep, it's a snow shovel.

Morgan is checking for the coyote.

I think.

Maybe.

Or?

There is something

over there in the woods

that she needs to watch.

A squirrel?

I'm done. For today.

The rake and leaves will be waiting for me

for the next month.

It takes a while to rake around

3 acres plus the driveway,

and around the house and other paths.

I hope it rains soon.

It is much easier to move damp leaves.

This is my "work outside in the woods outfit."

I love my boots!

Morgan wants to come in too! Please...

She has been working very hard

all day keeping the squirrels

up their trees, and keeping the

coyote and other critters

off the property.

My boots live outside next to the wheelbarrow.

The wheelbarrow is full of wood for the wood stove.

No, Morgan,

you know you have to wait

until the chickens go to bed.

Poor doggie.

I'm so mean.

But dusk is when the coyote wants his dinner.

I've let Morgan in the house

before we lock up the chickens

 and we have lost chickens to a hungry critter.

Go on, Morgan, go watch your chickies.

Smiles