Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Farming and Fire


 I am on a ridiculous mission to till up a new, rather massive, garden bed in the back. By the end of February. A giant part of this plan was disposing of a sprawling burn pile out in the 'field'. It was added to by some... less than helpful gents, and as such was now more of a sprawling continent than a burn pile. First things first - dissemble the pile. I sorted the sticks and limbs I removed by size... dunno why. Turned out to be pretty helpful, actually, as we fed them back to the fire...


 The next part of my plan involved bribing my brother and his girlfriend with pizza and beer to come out and help me burn the giant thing. Jess even used the weedeater on all that retarded hedge crap out there and cleared a lot of land for me. They basically rock.

(Jess got it lit. Jason said the gasoline I poured on was mostly water. It wasn't - Jess almost died when it caught.)





Christmas trees burn beautifully, by the way.

The End! We got it all burned. Which totally surprised me - thought for sure it would be a two-day burn. But no - all gone!!

Next: clear the grass and till the ground. :)








Old and new seedlings undera light now. They're not growing so well (to be expected, given the conditions I'm forcing on them.) Hoping this helps!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Blergh

Could use a little of this in my life right now.
Just sayin'.
28 degree temps are not for me. Not right now. 
My gardening list is long and must be accomplished.
Soon.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Curds and Whey

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Winter Came







Thursday, February 3, 2011

Winter Weather, Eh?

So this whole winter storm warning hasn't delivered thus far.

But hey! Afternoon off (due to ice, obviously), lounging in my hoodie, tea, goat cheese, pepper jelly & crackers and working on this while watching Alice in Wonderland? Pretty decent trade-off, really.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

An Informative Post

Top Ten Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack
(The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks)

  1. Organize before they rise!
  2. They feel no fear, why should you?
  3. Use yoiur head: cut off theirs.
  4. Blades don't need reloading.
  5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair
  6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
  7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike
  8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
  9. No place is safe, only safer.
  10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Of Seedlings and Chickens





A Ghetto Covered Chicken Coop

Claudette Colbert, Petunia & Drusilla


Clarence & Norman
(Horace was camera shy)

 
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