Mow
I wanted to get the loud business taken care of before Sally and Tender arrived, so I jumped on the mower and did the front and back yards. I figure the rest can wait for a killing frost -- we'll see.
Black Walnuts
I
drove across the creek and up into the back pasture to see what nuts I could find. There were only three trees out of more than a dozen I checked that had produced. This small tree was probably the best. 
I gathered 6 buckets which translated into two bag fulls. (I use the old 50 lb sunflower seed bags.) That was what I was doing when Sally arrived -- she saw me and yelled across the valley. Saturday I picked up another two bag fulls from the tree below the pond (my best and most consistent producer) and another couple of trees. I'll pick up more in town, and then hope to get them hulled on the way back out next weekend.
Garden
We picked lots of lettuce, bok chow, several yellow and orange bell peppers (oh so sweet), a pint worth of hot peppers I canned, some spinach and tomatoes, and lots of summer spinach that Sally steamed and froze. We even got a few onions.
For dinner we had a big salad, adding some cucumber and feta we brought plus green olives. We wanted to make a big double batch of pesto, but the basil was bitter. We presumed that this was due to the dry spell we have had, and hope it will be better next week.
Lit Pilots
I picked up some canned air on the way out. Friday night I used that along with carburetor cleaner and WD40 to clean and blow out the pilots on the two problematic propane heaters. One lit right up and burned good -- the flame right next to the pilot. The other not so good, leaving the smell of gas in the air. I shut it down, blew it out some more, and then it burned better though there was still a touch of yellow to the flame. At least there was no more smell.
Wood
Sally and I loaded the truck with more wood to bring back to the house. Its sure nice having a large supply of cut, cured, and dry wood for winter.
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