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Yet more spuds (120 lbs is a lot)
Harvest ruharb.
Preserved rhubarb with frozen stawrberries from last summer.
Storage: nil
Prep: nil
Managed: washed, line dried and mended all the winter blankets less 2 (one still needs mending; one quilt need to be recovered)
managed to avoid return of unwanted toddler bed by hooking up friend who is becoming a foster family for a mentally impared adult and need to a 2nd bed so her children can share (the new housemate is getting the childs bed) a small room with the friend who no longer needs the bed. That’s one less thing I’m storing and one more thing that is in use.
Cook something new. nil
compost: nothing new
New skill nil
Out reach: got permission to put in veg. garden at church and dug 50 sq. foot bed. But in only spuds as not deer proof yet.

let’s see: progress in 5 cats.

Plant Something: Flower seeds. Nothing major. Waiting for the temps to even out enough for veggie seeds.

Harvest Something: Nothing to be harvested yet. Even the dandilions greens are so small as to be barely visible. The Fireweed shoots should be popping up En Mass any day now, though.

Tend Something: My house plants. Nothing exciting here. Though I did also pull a couple of weeds out of my flower bed along the front of the house.

Preserve Something: Nada

Make Preparations: bought more fabric & wool ease yarn. Some of the fabric was from the store’s clearance bin. Ok, so I should have been scouting the garage sales, but I haven’t seen much in the way of sale adds in the weekend papers yet this year.

Cook Something: We grilled ShishKebabs tonight for us and the inlaws. Does that count??? I made that Lithuanian Chop Suey (mentioned on previous blog-post) and it turned out pretty good. (And yeah, that was from scratch even if the beef wasn’t organic or locally raised.)

Manage your Reserves: Not much to manage, at this point. Rotating my canned goods is kinda the norm when I buy more.

Work on/toward local Food Systems: nothing doing, yet, if you don’t count the measly attempts at gardening with the FIL. This is the first weekend that the local Farmer’s Market was opened. I didn’t drive into town for it, though.

Compost Something: Yep. Almost every day.

Learn a New Skill: Nope. Unless you count constantly reminding myself that those bits of strawberry or that bunch of dead flowers can go in the compost bin as “learning” a new skill.

*sigh* And other folks go on about how THEY feel inadequate. Maybe this next week will be better??? I can only hope.

Today, I’m planting a small pot each two different types tomatoes and two different types cucumbers to try sprouting in my kitchen window since the starts at the inlaw’s house have not come up. *sigh* And actually making my compost bins, instead of just using the bucket I’ve had on my back deck all winter. But, these activities will both count for next week’s “confessional”.

I love your blog! I’m in Downeast Maine, and live in the woods in a tiny house by a salt water marsh, quite alone. Carving out a small garden (my third year) in my little clearing. I am in good physical condition, but at 69 have not much hope to survive another 20 years, so am basically watching the show on the internet–no TV– as down we go.

Sad about what’s happening to weather, peak oil, etc., but I do see tadpoles this year in the vernal pools, and a doe and fawn came by yesterday, and raccoon family lived until yesterday under my shed! I think they grew old enough to venture forth into the world at last. Mother had her babies there last year, too…despite my whimpy dog and curious cat roaming about.

Growing season short and sweet–peas sprouting, planted lettuce, radish and snap peas and quite enjoying the tulips! Today I will stack wood and plant beets and beans and maybe the parsnips. I figure the root veggies will be OK now. But it is cool here by the water, so many plants will not do well I am learning.

Canning is probably out…I eat so little it’s not worth it. Thinking of a dehydrator purchase this year.

I suppose I should learn how to start my generator and the chain saw. Partner departed last year, so there they are for me to deal with.

* bush beans: royal burgandy, provider, rocdor, and Isar French fillet bean
* hearts of gold cantaloupe and moon & stars watermelon
* artichokes
* horseradish
* summer squash: black beauty zucchini, costata zucchini, golden bush scallop, early prolific straightneck
* double standard old fashioned sweet corn
* red velvet okra

Seed Flats:

* medicinal: motherwort, saltwort, woad, horehound, wormwood, chamomile, mullein, blue cohosh, bergamot, pennyroyal, peppermint, lemon balm, hyssop, flax, sage, bee balm, white sage, joe pye, feverfew, soapwort, valerian, blue vervain, salad burnet, yarrow, skullcap, arnica, evening primrose, marshmallow, hens & chicks, aloe, lovage
* spice: Mexican tarragon, Thai chili, paprika
* rhubarb

2) Harvest Something:

* spinach
* swiss chard
* chives
* spring garlic
* winter density romaine
* red salad bowl lettuce
* black seeded simpson lettuce
* speckled bibb lettuce
* green salad bowl lettuce
* thyme
* citrus thyme
* oregano
* green onions
* cilantro
* hakurei turnips

3) Preserve Something:

Still working to use up last year’s preserves—used frozen cherry tomatoes, dried grape tomatoes, jam, meats.

Also vacuum sealed and froze left over spring seeds that won’t be needed again until next year. Keeping out those seeds that will go into the fall garden.

4) Store Something:

Several items were on sale at the grocery this week, so I stocked up on dried pasta, toothpaste, and Breyer’s ice cream (the kids’ favorite).

5) Prep Something:

Set up the beehives in the upper pasture and began work on front medicinal garden with seed flats. Cleaned and organized mud room/ laundry room area to be used for cleaning and storing milk machine; also dug out my dehydrator which lives on my unused clothes dryer. Trying to figure out a way to use the clothes dryer for storage—perhaps for the milk bucket, but don’t know yet. I’m open to ideas.

Set up incubator with 25 ameraucana eggs for layer hen replacement since hens failed to brood for us *sigh*.

6) Manage Something:

Laid polymulch in the strawberries. Weeded market garden. Pulled bolting veggies in the kitchen garden. Pulled 2 year old frozen veggies to give to pigs.

7) Cook Something New:

We butchered one of our piglets this weekend and cooked it on the grill rotisserie.
Add to local food system:

CSA delivery to 3 families. Gave away 35 strawberry plants to a member of my local simplicity circle. Joined the One Local Summer blog challenge.

9) Reduce Waste:

Continued to recycle what we couldn’t reuse. All food waste goes to animals or compost. Used repurposed sheer curtains for row-covers in garden to protect brassicas.

10) Learn Something:

Spent this week learning more about bees and cows, soil health, and fruit tree management. Unfortunately for me, I also learned quite a bit about recent scientific efforts to culture meat in a laboratory—yuck.