Saturday! Since retirement, the days of the week aren’t the focus of my life, as they were when I had to be at a specific spot at a specific time. I like retirement. I was sitting here just minding my own business, and Saturday night snuck up on me! Yesterday I milled flour, it took… Continue reading The Last Harvest
Author: Maggie Turner
Insulating the Basement
Last weekend Attila started on the insulating the basement project. Monday evening we visited the local lumber yard to order the materials needed to build the stud walls and drywall. Today the materials were delivered. I have taken a lot of deliveries in my time and, with a few exceptions, the delivery fellows, and they… Continue reading Insulating the Basement
Bright Gray Day
Well the weather is not a ray of sunshine today. I am still making the transition from months of being super busy with the garden and food preservation, to the quiet and peaceful passage of short winter days. Bread baking has been of interest lately, several loaves of bread with dried fruit were baked, and… Continue reading Bright Gray Day
And that wraps it up for this year!
Just minutes ago I labeled two tubs of pureed pie pumpkin, and placed them in the freezer. Then the kitchen was handed over to Attila for his projects. He is cooking a variation on scalloped potatoes, and is including in his dish the last garden Zucchini, and some organic carrots purchased at the grocery store.… Continue reading And that wraps it up for this year!
The Last Big Garden Push
Worldly Weather 7°C Date: 1:00 PM EST Sunday 10 November 2019 Condition: Mostly Cloudy Pressure: 101.1 kPa Tendency: Falling Temperature: 7.1°C Dew point: 1.6°C Humidity: 68% Wind: WSW 28 gust 41 km/h Visibility: 24 km Quote “I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who… Continue reading The Last Big Garden Push