The berkshire leafpeepers

I almost got in an accident this weekend and it was because of the most terrifying cars on the road: leafpeepers. likely to pull over (or just plain stop) with no warning on the highways out here, I have passed about 50 at a time on the top of one hill into town. But if you can't beat them, you gotta join them. So i took advantage of the amazing weather and the peak of fall foliage this week and hiked up to Stony Ledge, part of Mount Greylock. it was amazing!

This week Grant came by to visit while his sister was checking out Williams. We headed to the Red Herring (the one bar in town) to catch up while the Red Sox lost to the Rays. It's hard to believe there are just 2 weeks left in the season. This marks my last week feeding the animals (although there's little to do - i just feed the chickens, collect the eggs, and try to move the beef cows when they moo a lot). Otherwise we spent the morning "popping" garlic. We harvested the garlic in July, hung it to dry for about 6 weeks, cut the tops off and sorted out the big heads from the small heads. We want to find the biggest cloves to plant, because big cloves grow into big heads for next year. So we are separating the cloves on each head and trying to find the biggest ones that aren't damaged. Between that job and shoveling manure, we've had a banner week for inside jobs that let us listen to the radio - lots of Meatloaf, Billy Joel and U2.