Summer is ending. What to do, what to do.

[R-Tron 3108]

I'm currently in the process of moving house and can't wait to settle in and get the kids out into the garden building shelters and cook fires.
Is anybody else doing this?
What garden activities are keeping your kids engaged in the outdoors?

 

[R-Tron 3108]

Design another alcohol stove I reckon

 

[Haggis]

Just now I'm working on my 10 cords of firewood needed for winter.

 

[trade axe]

The wife and I are getting more evening fires\cook outs before the snow blocks everything....Crop stubble has made swinging nearly impossible in my best older coin field, so my metal detecting season is going out with a wimper.... I suppose that with leaf fall I can search for old bottles. I do a day romp and take a small pack with an Emberlit stove etc. I try to get my dirt time in through various hobbies\interests before the bitter cold sets in.

 

[udamiano]

Unpacking the winter gear, and checking for rips, tears, and the such. Getting wood in for the winter months and getting the boiler serviced, and planning my next arctic trip

 

[rik_uk3]

Summer has ended and as soon as I finish my dental surgery we're off to the Canary Islands for some sunshine, we'll deal with winter when we get back

 

[sunndog]

what to do?....pray for cold and lots of snow

 

[Clouston98]

what to do?....pray for cold and lots of snow

Yes! My sentiments exactly .

 

[Bluebs4]

Yes! My sentiments exactly .

+2 global cooling I'm all for it .

 

[The American]

I can't wait for it to get cooler. Being in AZ, the summer months can really prohibit getting out.

 

[sunndog]

There is the best parts of every season and every environ
But for me I don't think anywhere, at any time. Beats needing the warmth from the fire you are sitting around in a snow covered pine forest

 

[backpacker]

I'm looking forward to my trip to Norway to see friends in a winter wonderland hopefully, camping out in a forest with the heat from my frontier stove for 3 weeks in November, I know it's a bit early but I have started checking all my kit in preparation!!!!! can't wait

 

[Harvestman]

Autumn fruit! Apples, pears, plums, nuts. Loads to do.

 

[wandering1]

Summer may be ending but camping doesn't ...I'm off to my mates forest in December....hopefully it'll snow and give some good photo ops

 

[British Red]

Still gathering in the late harvest and processing food. Got a load of wood to process when its a little cooler

 

[JonathanD]

I need to buy some new curtains then I'm all sorted.

 

[British Red]

Buy?


BUY??

Surely thats a job for the missus to make?

I'm proud to say we haven't a purchased curtain in the house...BB makes them all. All good heavy upholstery fabrics with thermal linings.

 

[JonathanD]

Buy?


BUY??

Surely thats a job for the missus to make?

Don't be daft. Even if she had the necessary skills and knowledge, she's always working. Even at home. The only housework that get's done is some token hoovering and dusting at five in the morning, and being so short she can only dust to about 5ft off the ground. At 6ft 2in the whole place still looks dusty so get's done again.

 

[British Red]

she's always working. Even at home. The only housework that get's done is some token hoovering and dusting at five in the morning,

That's no life for either of you

 

[JonathanD]

That's no life for either of you

It is for me when she's gone to work