Fall Weekend Gardening

Saturday was a pretty rainy day again, so not much got done as far as projects around the house, just the normal mundane stuff.  Pamela was at a Creative Memories event most of the day and with dinner we watched the Alfred Hitchcock version of The Thirty Nine Steps, which was fun since we had just seen the play that made it more of a comedy instead of a drama.  It was fun to see the differences.

Today we had a very pleasant surprise in that friends Ed and Janis brought over some moose meat from their successful hunt in Haines.  Ed was able to sound enough like "a passionate female moose" with his moose call to call in a young moose.  His hunting partner also got a larger one, so with the caribou meat from a hunt a month ago they had meat to share.  We are really happy that they shared some with us.

Since Sunday was a much nicer day, we decided to do some Fall gardening tasks like cutting back of the hostas in the garden and taking the dahlia pots of the deck to get them ready to pack the bulbs in wood chips for the winter.  We are not planning on taking all of them with us, but Pamela has some favorite colors that we will take with us.

Hosta Plant Before

Hosta Plant After Cutting Back the Dead Leaves

Neil also did a little bit of "getting to know your ladder" stuff with his new Little Giant ladder.  It seems really well built and sturdy, so it will replace at least one of the ladders we have.  It goes from a four foot high folded ladder for easy storage to a seven foot step ladder and a seventeen foot extended ladder.  Here are a few photos.

All Folded Up and Collapsed for Storage

Step Ladder Configuration

Extension Ladder

Anyway, Neil is very happy with this ladder so if you are interested, check them out at Costco.  In a recent post, I mentioned that our larch tree was yellowing this Fall.  Well, the trend continues and it is becoming a really nice color in the garden.

Our Larch Tree is Getting Ready to Drop Its Needles for Fall

Tomorrow is another Monday, but that doesn't matter much to us other than it is sure good to not have to get up early on Monday mornings!  Still no nibbles on the house, so keep those kind thoughts heading our way.

Neil and Pamela