I suspect we had our last near-80º day of the season earlier this week (78º). When November 1 arrived, the weather turned gray and cool, and it looks like it’s going to stay that way. We had the furnace checked, the irrigation system turned off, and the pool winterized and covered a few days ago, so Ted and I decided it was time to put the lawn furniture away as well. Ted had already cleaned out the storage shed and washed it down, inside and out, so it was ready for a seasonal change of contents. Everything looks so bare now. I guess I’ll start counting down the days until spring returns.
We always leave a few lawn chairs out all winter for firebowl seating and for the few days of 50- and 60-degree weather we get each month when it’s nice enough to sit outside in the afternoon. Everything else is in storage.
We were planning to rake/blow leaves as well, but we had nearly two inches of rain in the past two days, so the leaves and ground were too wet for that job. Now we have something to do when things dry out after the next two days of forecast rain.