Red State Green

No, I didn’t write yesterday. Yes, I’m fine.

My husband took yesterday off (he tends to take his vacation days one at a time), and we got some things done around the house. Went grocery shopping, etc.

Planted several tomatoes and a pepper plant. The first ones I planted seem to have recovered from the ordeal and are making new leaves.

We have an abundance of water after this last storm, and a couple buckets’ worth ended up in our old rusty wheelbarrow (that needs a new tire). This rusty water has iron in it, and I used that to water the tomatoes. Hopefully that will help them do well.

Harvested snow peapods and peas, carrots, chard, lettuces. I’ve started to pick the larger heads of lettuce as I’m afraid they’ll bolt any minute, it’s been so hot. If they do, it’s not a tragedy, but I do like salad so I want to keep it around as long as I can.

Preserved: froze more snow peas and pods. I keep these in quart freezer bags and add more as I pick and wash them. If you’ve never grown snow peas they are wonderful plants, as you can eat just about all of them (I suppose you could eat the roots, but I wouldn’t want to).

Preps: bought some more LED flashlights and a pocket knife, as well as a new hacksaw. I’ve never owned a pocket knife before, but my sons have them and they seem to come in handy. (they love whipping them out to cut something for me )

Last night I read about tanning leather and feltmaking while working on the socks I’m knitting. One sock is almost done except the toe. The way I’ve been taught is to stop at the completion of a step and go to the other sock, so they’re both done about the same time. So I’m going round and round on the foot of the other one now, which is good for reading.

I think planning is almost as important as doing (doing is always better, but planning should come first). So I’m going to add planning as something I put down here.

We’ve had issues with … chores. Three teenagers who would much rather do anything else than work around the house, you know. So I’ve made a list of what needs doing and I’m going to encase it in one of those paper protectors that you can write on with a dry erase pen. People can mark off when they’ve done a job, and then we can SEE who’s doing the work around here! (heh.)

Anyway, I’m off to a spinning show up in Edmond.