I guess we’re babysitting
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2016
No sign of momma, but baby has been here a while, munching on bushes. Now he or she is taking a little rest next to the sidewalk right outside the front door.
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Blueberries, Beads, and Bounty
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2016
Fixed wild blueberry pancakes on the range today, using the same cast iron griddle that we use on the wood cook stove, and it works every bit as well. Just what we had been hoping for with this new range! This is the one model that Consumer Reports said had no negatives in their evaluation, […]
Baby Birds At Play
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2016
For years, we’ve had a pair of Coopers Hawks nesting in the heavy woods which are immediately downhill from our house. This doesn’t please most of the other birds and small mammals who live on our property, but hawks gotta eat too. When the babies are out of the nest, it’s a riot. The adults […]
Old Versus New
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2016
Our new gas range got delivered today, and we unpacked it from the box and discarded all the bits of cardboard, strapping tape, styrofoam, and plastic. Now it is sitting in the kitchen waiting for the guy who will convert it from natural gas to propane. He comes on Friday. So, until he gets here, […]
Greenhouse
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2016
So much to do right now, it’s making time fly past very quickly. Haven’t taken any pictures in the greenhouse lately. This year we planted the tomatoes on the south and west side of the greenhouse, and the pepper plants are in the middle beds. The north side has veronica, a couple of other peppers, […]
Painting is done!!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2016
Finally, at long last the painting is done!! We still have to get the mason guy to come and fix the chimney which needs to be regrouted, and flashing installed around the bottom to protect the new roofing from water, and also to regrout the original rock foundation in places where it is rock, and […]
Lightning
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 19th, 2016
Sitting here minding our own business, and a flash and immediate very loud kaboom announced a lightning strike close to the house. It was close enough that it sounded like something large landed on the house. A few minutes later we had another one, louder and longer thunder, and then it got quiet. Mostly. More […]
Gooseberry July and Pink Goes Away
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 19th, 2016
Sunday I made Gooseberry Jelly, and learned something in the process. The jelly turns out clearer if you strain the fruit while it is hot, instead of waiting for it to be cool so you don’t burn your hands. Boo. The benefit to making jelly is I don’t have to do as much preparation work […]
Even more fruit.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2016
Today was a perfect temperature for playing in the garden, picking fruit. It’s 65 degrees at noon, and with partly sunny skies, it was just so comfortable working with the fruit plants. The first batch of black raspberries was ready for harvesting, and we got four cups, enough for a small batch of jam. The […]
Getting Buried in Fruit
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2016
Struggling to keep up with the harvest of fruit this year. It is all getting ripe at once. From left to right, top to bottom, red currants, gooseberries, cherries, raspberries, more cherries, and strawberries. So far we’ve harvested and frozen 3 gallons of gooseberries, 3 gallons of red currants, a couple of gallons of pie […]