Steelmeadow has joined the rest of modernity- ditching the cell phone wifi for Starlink. Put it this way, the podcast uploaded faster than it took Acorn to type these two sentences...

Goat doelings were picked up. Blind Hog had an eye exam. Acorn had pre-op appointment and in between all this, chores have been getting done.

Weather has been crazy warm, broke a record today for high temperature. 82F!

Lots getting done- barns scraped and dirt floors limed, garden just about ready to say goodnight for the winter, and the Subaru got new tires and an oil change. A 2 hr long oil change... Acorn says never, ever again...

Blind Hog is moving old firewood so new firewood an cage, with the oldest to be used first.

Soups, cakes, cookies, breads, casseroles, meats, etc all being whipped up and frozen in preparation for Acorn's "kitchen vacation..." Blind Hog will be given a list as well as a map of each freezer so he can find foods to heat up and serve.

it is all getting done, and a few goats are looking right rotund. Early kidding is Acorn's biggest fear but Blind Hog can come through in a clutch.

Blind Hog and Acorn went to a guy not too far away who had a plethora of bamboo that he lets folks dig in the Fall, FOR FREE!!! Seven three-gallon nursery containers got loaded up with bamboo plants ranging from 12" to 48". Acorn is quite pleased.

House plants and the last of the squash ere brought in and not a minute too soon. The next morning was a real freeze. The last of the tomatoes are ripening on their own in the workshop, along with a bunch of still-green winter squash.

Outback cut a front tire, too close to the sidewall to repair. Four new tires ordered from the tire guy in town. Last set lasted 39,000 and for our rough gravel road, that is probably pretty darn good.

Acorn made macaroni from scratch then proceeded to make butternut mac and cheese. Followed up today with butternut "invisible lasagna," think scalloped potatoes but using butternut slices with a Boursin cheese filling sauce. Also very good.

Last game of the World Series and the farmers are cheering on the Blue Jays.