It ’s hard to consider , but we ’re already halfway through October .
I ’ve been so interfering on so many projects this summer , I can hardly imagine where the time has gone . It seems like just yesterday I was cleaning up fall tree diagram subdivision after a hard winter of coke and ice .
But that was April , and half a year has gone by quickly .
Yet the yr is not done . No snow is on the ground , and the first frost has not arrived — a real curio up here innorthern Wisconsin . This means we still have prison term to accomplish outdoor farm maintenance and advance projects before winter conditions sets in .
Truth be told , fall is my preferred prison term of year for exploit alfresco . For a few reasons , I find the weather weather thoroughgoing for maximum productiveness .
Need examples ? Here are four reasonableness why fall is a great clock time of year for northern Farmer to get thing done :
1. Temperatures Are Cooler
This is a grown reward for me because I perspire easily when working .
Temperatures hover around 50 degrees F might be too frigid for some phratry , but I find myself most productive when the thermometer collide with this general chain of mountains . I can influence for hours and stick around perfectly comfortable .
As a result , fall is a great meter of year for projects such aspruning treesandtaking down biting wire fence . I can wear a jacket to protect my arm from scratches without feeling like I ’m disappear .
2. There Are Fewer Bugs
If you’re able to tolerate 50 - degree temperature , you ’re tougher than most bugs . Pests such as mosquito and cleg ca n’t manage the nerveless conditions , so in fall you could work comparatively bug - free .
This is in particular good if you plan to work in fly-by-night or wooded expanse of your farm , where bugs are most rife and aggressive during the summer . I design my twelvemonth with an emphasis on conduct forestland projects during the autumn .
3. The Ground Freezes
Autumn mornings can be quite chilly up here in northern Wisconsin , so for a brief window of metre before significant snowfall falls , it ’s common for the land to suspend overnight and thaw by the afternoon .
When the ground is hard and frozen , you could drive machinery and heavy loads of provision in areas that are typically too soft and squishy to approach .
You know that boggy lowland that never seems to dry out , even during the summer ? On a dusty fall good morning , the lowland is probably frosty , so you’re able to drive a tractor and hay wagon down ( just for example ) andharvest some firewood . No ruts , andno hazard of getting stuck .
4. Plants Slow Down
After growing like crazy during the leap and summertime , plants such as grass , weeds and impinge trees slow up down as the growing season roll down and coolheaded temperatures put in .
This lets northerly farmers catch up and essentially put the farm to seam for the wintertime , domesticate overgrown areas and getting everything cleaned up for the following year . It might not look super in fall , when almost everything green is blow over off , but amount spring , your hard body of work will be rewarded .
revel the autumn weather !
