Posted in farm, growing challenge, locavore, gardens, eat local on Sep 27th, 2008
I say Wow! we have a lot of potatoes. And I mean a lot.
It’s hard to tell weight since we’re using the super scientific method of “feels like 60 pounds, don’t you think?” to weigh. But there’s a lot of potatoes in the tack room in the barn. There are a total of 6 burlap […]
Posted in harvest, growing challenge, personal, gardens, eat local on Sep 22nd, 2008
Fall has arrived here with a vengeance, today dawned crisp, clear and cold. Last night I got my first weather alert, letting me know that the snow level was moving down to 3500 feet. Not low enough to affect us, but low enough to remind me that the first frost isn’t that far away.
Mike and […]
Posted in personal, locavore, gardens, eat local on Sep 21st, 2008
Okay, I’ve recovered from my momentary freak out about never getting it all done. It’s still not all done, but I’m just going to keep moving, slow and steady, until the last of the heavy lifting is done.
This weekend was busy but relaxing at the same time. We may have worked hard, but we also […]
Posted in personal, growing challenge, locavore, gardens, eat local, canning on Sep 17th, 2008
I think I’m bonking. Or for those of you that don’t mountain bike for fun, I think I’ve hit the wall.
I’m so sick of green beans that there’s a gallon in the fridge that have started to mold and another 2 gallons that I’m not interested in eating, freezing or pickling. I think I’m going […]
No matter how hard I wish that fall hadn’t already arrived, the truth is that it is here.
Even if I can argue away the chill in the air at night, the ever present morning mist cannot be denied. Each morning the details of the changing leaves and the declining garden are blurred by mist and […]
There are times that I know that moving here was the right decision. Most of the time I believe it and I feel it, but nights like tonight I know it deep in my bones and my soul.
Mike left this morning on his annual elk hunting trip. I’m home alone tonight, then my dad arrives […]
Posted in growing challenge, gardens on Aug 25th, 2008
Pardon me as I share some garden photos with you. I’m not trying to be all “look at what I grew” but at the same time I want people to realize that the garden is an ever evolving environment and that even a first time gardener like myself can have success. Plus, I just found […]
