This Week’s Plans

Really I only have plans for today, but since I always think I can get more done in a day than I can and tomorrow Bet has a allergy appointment for her Eosinophilic esophagitis, well then, my saying “this week’s plans” for what I hope to get done today is probably far more accurate!

In the kitchen… Pickles, cucumber pickles, naturally fermented, one batch using grape leaves and one batch using horseradish leaves for insuring crispness.  Also pickled beets using a natural fermentation as well.

I need to process a short ton of zucchini.  Some will go for relish and some for winter zucchini cake and breads.

Apples are littering our driveway and Dirt love applesauce so, what the ducks haven’t chewed on or the neighbors pulling into the driveway haven’t run over will end up in the sauce pot. 

Bet is learning the ropes on a new concept in bread baking, no knead, slow rise coming from a cookbook who’s title was more than I could resist, “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes!”  We’ll see about that!

She must be feeling ready for hibernation because she also got out the cookie books as well.

On the Garden Front… Things have slowed in the Market Garden a bit but I do need to do some weeding in the roots and cole crop beds, mulch the onions as they are coming up, harvest potatoes for the week, and rearrange one pair of beds into a set of three beds and two two foot paths for the bramble berries.

The hedgerow low spot needs some more excavating before the fall rains keep me and my medium-orange tractor out. and I would like to make some planting holes for the hip roses and some other selections to move from the nursery beds out to the hedgerow.  I’m not going to plant them until later this month though, just want to have the holes ready.

I took pictures of my dahlias because they came in a assortment.  I like to have some things a little more tidy than a big fat jumble, okay for a wildflower bed but not dahlias. I’ve taken pictures to go along with the description on the markers.  But I really oughta match pictures to the markers before I forget entirely.

The Hot House needs a few improvements so that I can get the overwinter plants in before we have a freeze and then I can work at prepping them for overwintering.  I need more rods up top for the hangers, which is an easy do, the pipe is in the garage.  The bench redo however needs accurate plans and a visit to the lumber store. 

General Farm needs… a sign needs to be made for the highway mostly so the last two puppies can get new homes.  We had a temporary sign up but our windstorm took it down while we were at the fair.  Sorta a good thing, because a permanent one really needs to be made, Farm name and number on top with hangers on the bottom for available products, like the puppies, turkeys and eggs, just to name a few

And finally, but not last on the list, tidying up the house, doing some deep cleaning (like spring cleaning just not in the spring) painting and rehanging my porch door and then redecorating for autumn, I know, late, but….

Well gotta go Dear Reader, life moves pretty quick under my feet.  Updates at eleven… (not really, I’ll be in bed! But I will be back soon, still holden’ on to my new blogging grove.)