After what felt like endless days of bleak, cold weather, feeling like I am ankle deep in puppy pee, we are getting some sunshine! Yay, pups will get to run outside and have fun, I can thoroughly clean their living quarters and air it out.
The countdown to freezing cold has us getting done as much outside as we can. My husband and Guncle Randy cleared the garden of tomato cages and stepping stones, then set the chickens free in it to scratch and salvage. 
Earlier, I dried a lot of marigold seeds to plant next year, and I think that the hens are helping spread some that will grow later on their own. Maybe a tomato or two also. 
This photo is from summer’s heyday.
With the garden in its lushness. I had a bell pepper plant taller than me this year and it was a constant producer of sweet, yellow peppers.
This was one of our best garden years, ever at this house.
I guess 2020 had a good point or two after all?
This is the view from Ryan’s patio, we redid an over grown bed in the center of the garden and made the parking area bigger.
It made an excellent spot to park the camper.
I think for what we have spent on replenishing layer upon layer of gravel for 28 years, we could have paid for some really nice concrete.
But isn’t fresh gravel pretty?