Life and times of a new farmer/homesteader
New years update {
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Last night was quite nice. The soup turned out great, even with
the randomness of it all. It should feed me for a week, although
I will freeze most of it and eat it about once a week for the next
couple months. I stayed up way too late. I slept in way too
late as well.I heard from an old friend from highschool today. I haven't heard from her in years. It bodes well for the new year. I think she lives in the bay area now. Her note was short; I, as is typical, wrote back something of a tome. I got a counter for my blog. It's invisible, but it's there. It's interesting seeing where everyone that visits my blog is from. Don't worry, it doesn't tell me who you are, or your e-mail address, or anything like that, but it does tell me what country you are from, and the state for some people. It's interesting, I have gotten hits from Finland and Taiwan. None from Washington or Oregon yet though. Of course, it's only been running for about 18 hours. You can find the link for your own counter in the blogging FAQ on this site. It's under the "blog support" menu on the main page. It's toward the bottom of the FAQ. If you don't want to be counted, disable cookies in your browser. Maybe someday I will make the counter visible, and the stats public, once I figure out how. I've had a long and interesting relationship with computers, but web design and HTML are not my forte. The chickens were pretty calm today. They seem to be recovering from New Years Eve as well. Polly is pretty subdued too. We all could use the rest today. However, I have work to do, and today I cleaned. About me: I'm about the most disorganized person you could meet. I'm also a slob. I have come a long way in both counts, but not as far as I would like to. I do make an effort to clean up around here, well, now and then. I'm pretty happy if I can find things I need, when I need them. I have a ton of projects, and most get mostly done, eventually. I keep busy, but never seem to get much accomplished. I have seen alot of posts on this site about keeping binders, and budgets, and planning meals, and all sorts of good stuff on keeping organized and prepared. Thanks to everyone who has done this. I really appreciate it. It's inspiring, and gives me a focus on improving what is one of my many failings. I'm not sure how far I will go in that bent over the coming year, but I will work on putting to use some of the suggestions. I am planning my garden though. Seed catalogs are arriving, and I know much of what I want to do this year, just trying to figure out how much I want to do of everything. There is little I won't eat. In fact, there is little I don't enjoy eating. I do have my favorites, and I will be planting lots of Swiss Chard, beans, spinach, cabbage, peppers, tomatos, beets, and alliums. Most of my alliums are already in the ground, although I still need to plant leeks and scallions. I'm also going to plan Walla Walla sweets in the spring. I've never been to successful with it, but I'm going to try eggplant again. I love ajvar, and baba ganoush, and eggplant parmasiania. I'm also pretty fond of grilling it with a little basil and mozarella. And I love it stuffed. And so on... I'm hoping to grow enough to be in one of the local farmers markets this year. Still studying on what I can expect from that. The planning for a new one in my area starts next month. I'm invited, even though I have no real experience. Should be a learning process, that's for certain. Isn't everything? Peace be with you, Raymond { Last Page } { Page 160 of 181 } { Next Page } |
