Be joyful though you have considered all the facts
It seems I’m no longer writing in my (analog) journal. Don’t know why, but in any case I am jotting down Amie’s sayings and doings on pieces of paper here and there. Here’s an effort to preserve them. … Amie had to have four shots at her four-year well-visit. We did two during that visit, …
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We lit our wood stove for the first time yesterday. The temperature inside was 62 F, so quite bearable, but we wanted to cure the stove while we could still open the windows, and get the hang of lighting a fire before the cold really kicks in. Going by this evening’s attempts, we’ll have to …
Our Riot is almost a year old! It feels great to have come this far, and I can’t wait to tally up the yearly average. But first, month 11. Gasoline. This went down a bit from last month because DH’s shuttle rides again. 9.55 gallons pp = 23% of the US National Average Electricity. Our …
The Indian summer came, went, and came again. Last Friday we hit 37 F – cutting it pretty close – but yesterday it was 70F. It’s going to get cold again soon, though. Plant. Moved (replanted) the 2 rhubarb plants, because in the end we chose their first bed as one of the beds to …
101 jars. Top row, left to right: 3 pints pickled cucumbers 6 8 oz cranberry peach preserves 9 8 oz fig preserves 8 pints apple sauce 5 pints basic tomato sauce 7 pints green bell pepper 7 8 oz peach salsa Bottom row, left to right: 9 quarts green beans 6 pints peach pie filling …
Heads up: October 18 Roxbury, MA Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappé and Mel King The major goals of the conference are to educate, inform, and empower Massachusetts residents to take actions in their communities to help build the local infrastructure and institutions needed to provide economic security in a changing world. The conference will help …
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I bought the book. Nowadays when I want to buy a book I get it from the library first. After a couple of weeks of perusing and handling it, I might think differently about spending $15 on it… Not so with Coleman’s Winter Harvest Handbook. It’s full of hard practical advice and it’s beautifully made …
This is what happens when “Mama spends too much time in the kitchen canning!” (Canned green beans, pickled cucumbers, peach pie filling.)
Independence Days was somewhat hindered by a sorry head cold, but here’s what I did before – Ah——tshoo! Rhubarb Plant. Two 1-year-old rhubarb plants: I know it’s not the season to plant them, but they look very healthy and were cheap so it’s worth experimenting. Seedlings are still patiently waiting for the hoop house. Harvest …
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It’s one of my potatoes! From the summary: “hytophthora infestans is a fungus-like eukaryote and the most destructive pathogen of potato, with current annual worldwide potato crop losses due to late blight estimated at $6.7 billion.”