What are your favourite late fall/winter activities?

Hi!

August always remembers me that fall is coming and then the long boring winter will be here... Since a couple of years I've began to appreciate also colder months of the year in a permacuture perspective, finding some activities that can be done (and are better done) during these days, when I cannot grow anything or doing other interesting stuff. For example I love the period during which I can get new bare-root friut trees and plant them in late november/early december.

What are your favorite late fall/winter activities in the homestead?

Just to add something more to my anti-boring list ahah

Have a nice evening!

I do spend quite a bit of time clearing the driveway after each storm :)... but in general, I enjoy reading, watching movies, and planning my garden for spring. I spend way too much time with seed catalogues and charts :)

I can't stress enough in northern Minnesota (USA) and quite likely shared by many Canadians how cold weather marks the end of 'mosquito season'! :-)   At this point, I don't really look forward to summer except as a good time to grow things,.....and it has become the season of anticipation for the arrival of fall.  Most garden harvest is done by the first frosts of September, which knocks back the bugs, heralds the emptying of the local state parks, and the beginning of beautiful days of kayaking on the many regional lakes and rivers.  The long dark evenings of winter bring REST!....and baking, experimenting with new cuisine, and engaging with the drama of Great Plains blizzards.

I make use of the time of "the big wet" for sewing, mending, and other inside hand tasks.

I am a firm believer in, "The Baker's Guide to Home Heating", but am known to expand the concept into roasting Chickens or Goose.