Thursday was to be our second to the last farmers market with the last being on Saturday but our weather has taken a turn towards winter so our Thursday market ended early and the Saturday market cancelled. It was cold and windy with snow predicted. The snow seems to have gone around us and after a cold weekend it should be a bit warmer next week The garden crops have been killed by frost but there is still lots of clean up left to do. A part of today was spent collecting the hoses and taking down sprinklers. I use a lot of hoses. A couple of days ago Dad and I blew out the water line that goes thru the grove to the big garden. It is a two person job, one on each side of the grove with a lot of yelling back and forth. We never seem to remember until to late that we could call each other on our cells instead of hollering.
I dug up the herbs that I wanted to try and overwinter and moved them to the greenhouse. I would like to make one more trip over the lawn with the mower. After that the next big project is to clean out the barn. We practice a type of deep litter method in our barn. We cover the soiled straw bedding with fresh all winter and then in the summer (or more realistically the fall) the old bedding gets mucked out and we start over. What often happens is that instead of doing it during the summer when the barn is not really used much, it gets put off until the last minute. It is time to get it done. I have a date with a pitchfork and a wheelbarrow. The herd will be glad to get back into their barn. They are locked out and they do have other shelter available but they stand there by the door looking at me as if to say 'When can we go back in?'
Once the barn is cleaned and the outside work finished I am hoping to get some serious blogging time in. I have recipes to share and stories to tell. See you soon.
Lorri
Oh Lorri, I am sad to hear that the market season is over. That means that the cold (and sometimes wicked weather) is here to stay. I am super interested in the recipes you have to share and even more interested in the stories you have to tell! I miss reading. I have been so crazy busy lately that blogging has fallen to the wayside a bit. I have been having a devil of a time getting time to sit at the computer. If it isn't happening in front of me, it doesn't get attention. I suppose that is just life with kids, no matter how old they are. I am hoping that when the weather gets cold here ~ it's STILL super warm (crazy!) ~ that things will calm down a bit and I too will have time to catch up. Glad to hear you had a fun market season. Here's to next year!!
ReplyDeleteOh Kim, my blogging has really fallen by the wayside too. I am so hoping that I will find some time for it as soon as I tie up the last of my outside projects. I am going to start seeding winter greens tomorrow.
DeleteGlad to hear that you are still getting warm weather. It was 42 today and sunny so it felt better than the past couple of days. Tomorrow is supposed to be 50. Yippee.
Thank you to like my post. Awaiting to listen to your story from your part of world. Lots of love Sujatha.
ReplyDeleteHi, Sujatha,
DeleteI enjoy reading your posts from your part of the world. Often there is an interesting fruit or plant on your tablescape that I have not seen before. My summer has been pretty busy and now that winter is getting closer I am hoping to have more time for writing and for reading other's blogs. Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment.