It snowed yesterday.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Garlic & Log Cabin
Planted about 10 different varieties of garlic this weekend. Sherm tore the entire front face off the house to prepare for the 4-Seasons room installation. We are now living in a real log cabin. The new roof is tight and dry, lovely, lovely, lovely. Our duct work in the cellar hasn't been reinstalled yet, and we haven't tested the corn furnace to see if the replacement parts have brought it back to life after the flood; but we are still toasty warm inside with the wood burner and new little corn burner. First hard frost was a couple weeks ago now, oct 2nd and 3rd I believe. All the tom's are off the plants, either stewed up in a jar in the cellar, or rotting on the compost pile. The only produce I managed to save/process this year were beets and toms and a few eggplants. My cuke's had some horrid disease, all the squash were planted too late, and had squash beetle infestation.
Planning already for next year….for sure we'll find a spot for some pumpkins, and other "Autumnal" themed plants….decorative corn, straw flowers for drying, decorative gourds. Beans for drying, mid-season crop of onions. Etc.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
New Kitty, New Heat, New Roof, New Room
Lena is now a Grandmother! Maude Lebowski had one little kitty approx 3 weeks ago in Sherm's dirty laundry hamper. A little girl kitty we named Julie. Sherm has been working his butt off tearing off the old roof and working with a friend to get the new roof on. So far we've only had one day of rain inside the house. The guys found a major bee's nest in the attic which put everything on hold for a while. Our "four seasons" room has been delivered and is out in the pole shed awaiting installation. The supplemental heat for the new room is a wood pellet / corn burning stove that Sherm picked up yesterday and is right now just flaming away in the living room. Works damned well.....our only heat right now, and nites are getting down into the 30's. Ordered about 40$ worth of mixed garlic bulbs from http://www.wegrowgarlic.com/, a place here in WI.
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