Today is the final day of Labor Day weekend. Summer as a school holiday is over. Next comes the real end of summer later this month, and autumn. It is time to start thinking about getting all that firewood chopped and any extra I might need for this year or next.
As for holiday time away, that is not something we do here on our farm. We don’t wish to burden any of our neighbors with watching our animals, nor our kid up in town. It is probably just a personal responsibility thing for us. But when we set up our next farm, I think we will be aiming to allow for a few days away at a time by setting up animals with water and feed access that we won’t have to worry about running out. The first step to that is reducing animals to ones that can be set out on pasture.
This weekend we did take a rest. We did very little in the way of any hard work, though I did get a honey-do list from Missus and am ready to tackle some new chores this coming week to further our readiness to move, should the land sell. I did mow the lawn, too. There were other various tasks I go to, but most of my weekend was spent with my feet up.