Well, it’s been more of the hot lately, but I think I’ve been reading the news too much. Gas prices, foreclosures, homelessness, food supply issues … all on the rise. And none of the candidates seems to have a clue.
For me, it just reinforces my feelings that we need to become self-reliant, take care of […]
Today was too hot to do much outside, but I did go to my friend’s house for lunch today. She has chicks and goats, and just moved up from Texas. It was great to get to see her again; a nice afternoon overall.
We had local leg of lamb for dinner: very yummy.
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Anyways, while I’ve been on my enforced vacation from here, I’ve been busy. My daughter’s boyfriend graduated from high school, I got a bunch of stuff planted, and Leon had to go to the vet for a respiratory infection. (he’s doing fine)
Let me […]
Long day.
Harvested more snowpea pods, froze them. Also harvested lettuces and carrots. (oh, and weeds for the bunnies )
Went to the food co-op to help sort items, as today was delivery day. Worked there four hours, then came home and took Leon out to run around, then went and picked up our food.
I got […]
Yesterday was busy again… well, today was, too.
Harvested a lot of snow peapods. I have a quart bag full in the freezer now. I also am getting a collection of peas drying for seed for the fall.
The cutworm-eaten tomato tops haven’t survived. At least I started a lot of them.
Went shopping and found the material […]
My food dehydrator came in today, but it’s still sitting in the box in the front hallway.
I’m not feeling well so I haven’t done much other than pick peas and bring Leon out to run around.
Oh, and I did wash a few dishes, but I didn’t compost the water. The ground is still squishy wet […]
Not much got done outside, there are two inch puddles everywhere. It’s times like these I wish I had more rain barrels: mine are filled, the 5-gallon buckets around them are full, and the water’s still overflowing everything.
Note to self: do not let Shadow (one of our rabbits) go out when it’s raining. Leon (the […]
… so far. They’re predicting storms the next few days.
Today I repotted a bunch of tomato and pepper seedlings, and stuck the largest ones on the back porch in preparation to putting them in the yard.
Harvested snow peas. Froze more peas.
Put more dishwater on the compost pile, and added the rabbit litter to a new […]
Well, I finally got the hutch done for my angora bunnies.
It’s made with untreated 2×2 pine and 2′ hardware cloth, with cardboard for the lid and for their hiding boxes. As you can see, it ended up being a bit jury-rigged, but they seem to like it. You can see Leon there in front (the […]
I’ve wanted to have angora rabbits for a while, both to learn to care for and spin their fur, but to eventually breed and perhaps someday even have for an alternate meat source, should it come to that. And here they are! (click on the picture to enlarge)
So far, they’ve been really easy to care […]
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