Finally we’re going to get a break in this muggy, wet and humid weather we’ve been having.   It’s not that it’s been particularly hot, it’s just that it’s so humid and that makes it feel hotter that what the actual temperature is.  But over the upcoming weekend, it’s really going to start feeling like FALL again!  Yeah!!!

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Fall has to be one of my most favorite times of the year.  I love the cooler weather to say the least.  There’s just something different about the air… almost like you can smell the FALL season.

Fall here in the South is great.  The temperatures aren’t too hot and aren’t too cold. It’s a time when all of the oaks (water oaks) loose their leaves.  We have so many oak trees in our yard!  So, it also means a time to get out the blower and the rakes.  Of course, I’m looking forward to some more leaves for the compost bins this year.  Actually, with as many leaves as we get, I might just have to convince DH to build a couple more!  He originally had built 2 for me and then added 2 more bins right beside the first 2.  Here’s a pic showing one set of bins:

We put all sorts of things into our compost bins…. leaves (of course), lawn clippings, spent plants from the garden, clean out from the chicken coop and even cow patties from the cow field.  We kinda clean up after the cows like some people do after their dogs LOL!  But hay, it’s great stuff for the compost bins and eventually for my garden LOL.

With the change that we already had with the cooler temperatures a few weeks ago, along with the shorter daylight hours, the grass just isn’t growing as much as it had been.  That means we’ll have to go ahead and get some hay for the cows this week.  DH has plans on making a run to the feed store to check out the types of hay they have available.  Plus, our friend that we purchased our steers from also has hay that we can buy from him.  DH is planning on building a hay feeder above the “feed” feeder today.  This will keep the hay off of the ground so the steers don’t waste it.  If it falls out of the hay feeder, it will just land in the regular feeder.

Well, lots to do before I get my day started.  Maybe I will have some pics to post this evening of the new hay feeder :-)