Prepping for winter

[crudos]

If your not already getting ready for winter, now would be a good time to start, especially those of us in the colder climates. What is your main prep for winter, the one thing that has to be done before the first snow flies? Firewood ready? Post here.

[Well-Prepared Witch]

I need to finish stacking the woodpile and get it under cover so we can actually use it!

[special-k]

Ummm....... Take my A/C units out of the windows??        

[JohnyMac]

> Have 6 cords of wood ready....4 are in
> Buy 100#'s of potatoes......... Done
> Pick apples............................ Picked about 4 bushels Done
> Apple Cider........................... Bought 20 gallons for 4 five gallon carboys. Pitch yeast for hard cider in the spring
   Done
> Buy 1 bushel of winter squash. Done
> Buy 10 #'s of carrots............. Bought 5#'s
> Buy 20 #'s of onions............. Bought 10#'s
> Plant garlic.............................Not Done
> Sight in rifles..........................Half done
> Buy new tires for truck............Done
> Pick the last of the cucumbers..Not Done
> Pickle cucumbers from Garden..Not Done
> Encase the inside of 11 windows..2 are done
> Buy 50 # of sand & rock salt... Sand done salt not done

That's 90% of my todo/buy list and where I am.

[Colombo]

Ummm....... Take my A/C units out of the windows??        

Install screens in there place for "winter".
Get the grill and smoker ready to work overtime for "winter".
Put up the mower till spring.

Sometimes I love florida.

[special-k]

Install screens in there place for "winter".
Get the grill and smoker ready to work overtime for "winter".
Put up the mower till spring.

Sometimes I love florida.

I've discovered over the years that as long as my mower (I've had many) has stabilized gas in it, it'll be fine... no need to drain the carb & tank.

Yeah, I wish I was still in the Georgia.  I've been told that 2-3 feet of snow is possible here, but I have yet to see a "real" winter here yet.  I think we had 6 inches of snow one time last year... quite pathetic for this region.

[JohnyMac]

Colombo is a smarty pants!  He wrote:

Install screens in there place for "winter".
Get the grill and smoker ready to work overtime for "winter".
Put up the mower till spring.

Sometimes I love florida.

When we lived in Ft. Pierce I use to laugh at the folks in the north when they received snow out the ying yang. I use to sit under my cockpit awning sipping a nice chardonnay and call all of those suckers one by one to gloat. 

In reality though we like the cold weather and snow.