Keeping busy in my little house in the big woods!

Hello friends and family, I have been busy working outside as well as inside. I have finished getting newspapers down on my garden area. I removed the wire fencing to be replaced in the spring with taller fencing. It was not high or strong enough to keep out the deer, elk or moose, let alone the bear(s). I will rototille the newspapers and leaves into the soil in the spring after it has had time to decompose. I plan to ask the neighbors, who have horses and cows, if they have any manure that I can add also. I have also began raising red wiggler worms. They make great compost and can be sold for fish bait or to other worm breeders. I can also sell the excess compost after I use what I need for my garden and flower beds. What a fun new hobby. One of my granddaughters loves worms (she usually likes to tear them apart) so she is excited about my new hobby also. I have been splitting my own kindling and my arms are getting stronger, my back also. I am raking up leaves from under the fruit trees to put on top of the newspapers in the garden. That is the hardest of the yard work right now. They are pretty soaked so not so easy to rake. But the grass underneath definitely looks happier. When I run out of leaves from my yard there are zillions everywhere, so I may ask if I can rake up other yards to start a compost pile outside too. I try to keep physically busy as I find it makes me feels much happier and pleasantly tired at bedtime. Tomorrow is my granddaughter J's 9th birthday. I plan to take her presents to her in the afternoon and then spend the evening visiting with the kids while their parents go to a meeting. They are so busy. I love to be able to have time with the girls just to read books, tell stories, play game and talk. We sometimes rough house some, which their dad finds annoying so it is good to be with them when the parents are gone. They love to tumble and dance but tend to get louder than he likes. I thnk that I am a good influence on them that way. Every kid needs goof off time. It is getting late so I will go hit the sack now. Would love to hear back fom some of you once in a while. Love to all.