fall weather and stuff

today is a day that exemplifies the fall season, and really gets me in the mood for Bach, Mozart, Grieg and other composers.  We have most everything ready for winter at home, plastic on the windows, a tank of lp etc.  Planted garlic on Friday afternoon, was a splendid day for it, it's all about timing.  Need to get it in the ground before it gets too cold, plus I dont want it to come up too much before winter, either.  Trying it different this year, planting single rows, not in 4 ft. wide beds.  I want to see if it is easier to manage this way.  Hope that it works out!  The bees have been fed and medicated and are ready for winter, I hope.  It is so cool being a beekeeper, I find it exhilerating working with them throughout spring and summer and fall.  The only real pest problem I've noted was a skunk that came up to the front of one of the hives, and scratched to irritate them,and when the guard bees came out, ate them.  Oh well, I turned it into a good skunk, and the bees are happier now.  Good day :)