Getting The Band Together

This week we had visitors to The Acre for chicken wing Sunday. "The Beamer" and "Rhulenbarb" stopped by while The Beamer was in town, and we all broke bread. Literally, we made schoolhouse rolls.
But before we get to the visit, there was big doings around The Acre this week. Jacob killed a very large eight point buck, he rolled out before dawn and it paid off. Deer chili is on the way.

It was also a big garden week. We know we said we've put the garden to bed for the year, and planted the hairy vagina (which is really doing well so far BTW), but we took a walk through the fruit garden early in the week and found four large watermelons and a bunch of cucumbers we didn't know were there. We went to check on the rhubarb, and harvested all we had before we stumbled upon the surprise.

We picked the cucumbers, and put them straight away as dill pickles.

The one thing we did leave in the main garden was turnips. We picked three turnips, and Cupcake made her world famous turnips and taters one night.

The next night we used the greens, and made a big pot of turnip greens along with October beans and smoked pork loin.

We did a little decorating for fall over the weekend. We cut the gem corn stalks and a couple of sunflowers, and we came up with this for the front of the house.

Then we made a decoration for the front door.

And we did a little bit of baking. Buttermilk pie and pumpkin bread are the flavors of the week.

And getting back to getting the band back together...
The plan was to gather the Alphageek family and The Beamer for a grand gathering, but the stars just would not align this time around, so we had The Beamer and Rhulenbarb out for Sunday wings and a short trip down memory lane about all things nurd. Bugs Bunny and band and whatnot.
Since not everyone likes wings like we do, Big Man smoked a half brisket to have on hand as a side dish. Judging from the leftovers, it was a hit. We also had a buttermilk pie and pumpkin bread fresh baked, and again, must have been a hit.

We fixed the boys up with a goody box as a parting gift, which was theirs to keep. A good time was had by all, and we ended the week with wings. So there was that.
K&K