When planning out the raised beds for the garden – since the soil is crap and will be for years while I work on it – we decided on 49 to 51 4×4 raised beds. Alone, that would be somewhere north of 800 square feet in planted beds just for things we intend to eat [...]
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It had rained – a lot – but we had a break in the weather and it was time to do some layouts and cleanup, as well as check the progress of some of the things growing out in the beds. Carrot tops are popping up, and the carrots will probably be ready to pull next [...] Mickey thinks so, anyway. The thing about chickens is that really (from a pet standpoint), they simply aren’t all that bright. Which is fine, really, when you think about it. They’re not like dogs, who need and crave attention, and not like cats with their “One day we will take over this planet, as soon as [...] The first in a series of reposts, now that the technical issues have been handled. Nothing like trying to recreate whatever was in your head at the time you wrote something. We’re in the kitchen, hanging out, talking, probably cooking, and mom says, “What’s that?”, pointing out toward the road. “Is that the big black dog [...] That might make a good title for a b-grade horror/sci-fi flick. The seed flats that were blown over and crashed on the ground appear to be surviving, and even thriving. I did not get any photos today since I spent the bulk of the early part of the day in bed wishing away the nastiness that [...] Spring has sprung. Maybe not by the calendar, but there are signs. Tiny signs. Portents of things to come. Broccoli, starting. A cuke (Beth Alpha), trying to unfold. I have a quarter flat started with sungold tomatoes, and the rest with other tomatoes, peppers, other cukes, and so on and on and on. I’m hoping that this week [...] What do you do with extra heavy cream that you happen to have on hand? Shake it. Then pour off. Shake and pour. Repeat. Until you can’t shake no more. Pack it in, salt it down, chill it out. It’s butter, baby! For extra amusement, measure the length of your arm in Cheetos. Superbowl day (and what the hell with this stupid pregame crap on Fox, anyway, reading the Declaration of Independence? This household polls 100% WTF.), but also a very fine Sunday to do various things around the homestead: a test mix of soil to go in one frame, to see how we liked it. The answer: [...] I know, a real dearth of food and garden stuff lately. This morning when I got back up after my few hours of sleep, it was 35 degrees and rainy outside. Brrr. Where’s my spring? It’s also that time of the year when the whirlpool of month end and previous year end paperwork/filings/activities are at full [...] Stacy pointed me off to this story, and even though overall it’s rather cool that they built the thing (not so cool that they were planning on evading regulations and such), out of the entire story, this is the quote I love: “I understand there is also a cannon.” Hell, yeah. If you’re going to build a [...] |
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