Happy Friday, everyone!!!
Man, has this week felt crazy to anyone else? Not sure what’s going on, but it’s been a little batty around here. Well, thank goodness for Fridays and warm weather…I could really use some meditative time in the yard… 🙂
Plant something (under grow lights)…I’m kind of out of control:
- Loofah
- Eggplant
- Italian Heirloom Tomatoes
- Yellow Taxi Tomatoes
- Yellow Pear Tomatoes
- Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomatoes
- Brandywine Tomatoes
- Roma Tomatoes
- Tomatillos
- Purple Opal Basil
- Genovese Basil
Harvest something (from this Harvest Monday post):
- Mixed greens = 3 ounces
- Spinach = 6 ounces (2 ounces form under the grow lights and 4 from the hoop house)
- Kale = 1 ounce
- Eggs = 25
Preserve something: I have some beets in the fridge that I meant to pickle this week…but it didn’t happen. Maybe this weekend…
Waste not:
- We used 3 pallets (from my dad), and weed cloth we had stashed in the garage to make these pallet “beds” to help us create an enclosure for our bees
- Cut up several sprouting potatoes that were meant for eating and put them to chit in the pantry
Want Not:
- I got 9 packets of new-to-me seeds from a local Seed Savers Exchange on Thursday.
Eat the Food:
- Homemade whole wheat bread
- Roasted chicken and root veggies
- Roast from the freezer
- Lots of harvested eggs
- Lots of harvested greens
- Red chile from the freezer
Build community food systems:
- Gave some seeds to the above mentioned Seed Savers Exchange
- Sold a dozen eggs to our accountant
Skill up:
- We learned how to build pallet “beds”
- We learned how to move a top bar hive full of bees
Independence Days Challenge is hosted by
Sharon @ The Chatelaine’s Keys
I’d love to see what you’ve been up to! If you’d like to join in simply leave a link to your Independence Days post and I’ll pop on over! If you don’t have a blog, feel free to let me know what you’ve been up to in the comments below!
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I’m loving following your bee relocation, bees fascinate me.
Here’s my post for this week http://littlefamilyof3-sarah.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/independence-day-challenge-6.html
Great list of plantings. I think the pallets look great.I wish I had been as productive as you this week.
Tracy