5x daily up the lane is 10,000 steps, a rare day to accomplish the full requirement. Today the fall colors are fading out the green of summer, getting ready for the enormous leaf transformation. This year promising myself to gather massive piles for leaf mulch as the garden projects are increasing what feels like tenfold.

Matt our Tree guy will be dumping truck loads of wood chips and I’m on the hunt for a Polaris with dump truck. Looking to whip this 3 acre compound into a pollinator paradise and rid the property of a lawn.