Fall Out Christmas In

Did you go shopping on Black Friday?  I didn’t have anyone who wanted to go with me, so I stayed home.  Sigh.  I missed going.  I would have been at Lowe’s at 5 am buying the 20 ft. of Christmas garland for $5.

I did go by Lowe’s later in the day, but it was too late.   No garland.   I was so bummed out that I missed the bargain and then I decided to go to Home Depot which is near Lowe’s.  Bingo.  They had the garland.    If this keeps up, Lowe’s will no longer be my true love.

Here it is…I bought five rolls.

Garland From Home Depot

 

Having this garland on hand while I had foddershocks up caused me angst!!   It’s like I have a bi-polar thing going on.    Look at these sad foddershocks…

 

After I took this picture, I took the foddershocks to the meadow behind the house and spread them around. Corn pulls a lot of nitrogen from the soil, so it only makes sense that foddershocks, which are basically old corn stalks, will return the nitrogen.

Then…I had to figure out what to do with my pumpkins.

I have one pumpkin that I’ll use for pumpkin pie, but it is one that grew all by itself without my help. It’s my Cinderella pumpkin…also called Rouge Vif d’Etampes. I can’t say that.

The other pumpkins  I used this fall are just plain ol’ pumpkins from Hillsville, Virginia. I got these from the farmer who gets the small amount of hay we have. He pays me six pumpkins a year.

So I didn’t want to eat these pumpkins. I had something else in mind. I knew that they would be appreciated by someone else.

Piggy Looking for Pumpkin

Piggies love pumpkins.  I threw the pumpkin in and I was afraid they’d have trouble “breaking through” the pumpkin’s skin.  No worries .  They got right to it.

And getting rid of the pumpkins and the foddershocks allowed me to put my garland on the front porch.   I smelled like pine after I was through.   A good smell!  I felt good about transitioning to fall.  Nothing was wasted.  The foddershocks and the pumpkins are exactly where they should be tonight.   There was no garbage or waste.

And I’m loving the front porch!

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3 thoughts on “Fall Out Christmas In

  1. Gayle

    I love, love your garland! I just use the fake stuff and it doesn’t look nearly so nice….:( Good job!! Did you email me about lunch???

    1. Eva Post author

      I did email you! It should be from the rivercliffcottage domain.

      I would love to have lunch…next week is our big sale week at work, but the next week (Dec 10 week), let’s get together either midday (I could meet you in Kingsport if you still take a lunch hour) or we could hook up on that Friday? OG?

    2. Eva Post author

      PS Do you know why I use real garland? I don’t like taking the old down and storing it after Christmas. Same reason I don’t use my artificial tree anymore. 🙂

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