Farmers Almanac says....

Farmers Almanac is predicting a long snowy winter this year. Given the amount of snow dumped on the Eastern United States over the past couple of days we should perhaps take heed. We are gathering starter wood today for the kitchen stove and will be bringing in the larger wood for the furnace in the basement. The furnace has been chugging out heat all week for us, as it has been quite cold. So the house is beautifully warm with the furnace and the kitchen stove. All summer I was lamenting the heat in the kitchen , now I am loving it. As are our inside kittens, they vie for the closest seat to the stove. Ken redid the chicken coop floor and has dig it out ,laid crushed stone, and patio stones followed by copious amounts of beautiful fresh straw in the laying boxes and beyond.. We are picking the last of the beautiful pears from the trees out back and I will need to figure out more recipes to preserve them.We will be back later on and talk some more about our winter plans...Dont want to waste the day , it is beautiful outside...M&K