We love our Garden shredder

Shredding Saturday....we cut down and shredded our corn patch in a mere two hours on Saturday.   Here is Kurt just starting to cut down the stalks.  Remember he is 6'7" tall- so that corn is towering over him. 

Working together we had the all 15 rows cut down pretty quickly.  Then we rolled in the gas powered shredder- the red thing in this picture

 Here is Kurt starting to feed the stalks into the shredder.  Once I got the hang of it he left the task to me.  The shredder chewed up a stalk in a matter of seconds.  Much better than what I have done for the last two years- using the lawn mower. 

 And a short while later- ta da! All the corn stalks are turned into little tiny peices.  Can't wait to see how the shredder goes through the sunflower stalks later. 

 After the shredding adventure it was time for another picking of tomatoes- easily 50 lbs! And the last ears of corn.  Sad to see the corn season end--but then my waistline will benefit from dropping my daily diet of corn on the cob.

September outdoor celebrations

#1 The fire wood is split and stacked.   Kurt took a picture of Joanie hoisting up the last few rounds- But really that was all I did- he did the rest.

Here is the whole stack-- it is 9 rows deep.  We should be plenty warm this winter.

#2 Kurt finished the little rock patio infront of the livingroom window.... (Thanks to Jody for helping to get this started)

#3  The 6 pine trees that got cut down this spring are finally bucked up and stacked to dry for a season.

#4,5,6, 7.....
In a flurry of activity this month, Kurt added an extension to the upper deck and then moved the hot tub there plus he re-wired the tub to include a shut off switch and put the wire in conduit.  He has started a railing for the upperdeck and stairs are coming soon.  THEN he tore up the section of old lower deck and put down redwood boards and sealed those.  And lastly we bought a new blue :)  hot tub cover and a lifter which he just installed yesterday.  

Salsa Saturday

Working from 8 to noon and 1 to 4 today I chopped, cooked and canned two stock pots of salsa.  Made 15 and a half quarts...Here are the raw ingrediants....

 And here is the finished canned salsa................