18th: Boundary walk around Vaughan Woods with the Kennebec Land Trust today. Winter windows installed in chicken coop to reduce the need for plastic. 17th: New water main to the house has been fed through the old, extra large, water pipe, that had been installed for the water power elevator

31st: A small gathering of neighborhood families under the pavilion for Halloween – second year in a row. 28th: Granite blocks moved from beneath apple and pear trees to create wall beside small pavilion. Window draft “socks” placed on sills in “winter rooms.” Five hens in the coop – down

The distinctive cadence of the timeworn motor on VWHH’s cider mill sounds like fall to us!  The late 19th/early 20th century Ames Plow Company double tub cider mill (electric motor is a  later addition) is composed of a grinder run by an electric motor that first chops up the fruit