They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
The cold snap has broken, somewhat. It has not been below freezing in the last few days, but it also has not been above 37, so while things are not exactly frozen, they are also not exactly thawing either. The galvanized riser that supplies water to the garden did not get drained before the cold… Continue reading Cold Weather Problems
When we had the pigs butchered last fall we made sure to ask the butchers to save us the lard. Why? Because that's the homesteading thing to do. Apparently you can cook with it, bake with it, make soap and candles with it, and all kinds of other things. We have only just begun researching… Continue reading Good Lard!
The thermometer in the shop where we were keeping the pumpkins, squash and onions read 30 degrees after the propane stove failed. While the pumpkins and squash might be salvagable, the onions are almost certainly lost. As soon as they thaw they are going to turn into a nasty slimy mess. I suppose then we… Continue reading Preserving the Pumpkins
We get one of these every few winters, a few days of sub-freezing temperatures. Most years when the temperature drops below freezing the perpetual drizzle turns into snow, and the cloud cover keeps the temperature from dropping too far. We get an inch or three of snow that shuts everything down for a day or… Continue reading The Cold Snap of January ’24
Well, Kathleen’s first dress sewing project is complete. When you consider that she’s only been able to work on it in spare moments here and there, while teaching herself to sew and follow a pattern at the same time, I’d say it’s pretty darn good. Do not interrupt, I am so close. And here she… Continue reading It’s all finished!
Time to start planning next year’s garden. The two littlest “helped” count the seeds we have. A good many seeds remain from last year, but obviously there are some glaring omissions. Fortunately, we have a seed catalogs!
So pretty! And the dress looks nice too 😉 Kathleen’s first sewing project is coming along nicely.
So pretty! And the dress looks nice too 😉 Kathleen’s first sewing project is coming along nicely.
We had a bit of an adventure on Monday. During the night there was a pretty significant wind storm, and it knocked out power to our house, and most of the block, with localized power outages in patches throughout the area. So we were forced to Low-Tech it all morning long. As you can guess,… Continue reading Low Tech Day!
Last Friday, Daddy had to take part of the day off work, because Winnie had a bad rash. Apparently she had mono when she took the amoxicillin for her ear infection, so she ended up with a pretty prominent mono rash. So what do you do when you are feeling sick? Obviously, go to the… Continue reading Planting trees, with kids and pigs
