Do you ever have one of those weeks that simply escapes you? Yeah…I’ve had one of those weeks. Not really sure where the time went…homework…regular work…life in general…yada yada yada. Luckily though, at the end of the week, now that I add it all up, I can remember that I did, actually, accomplish a few things! It may not be much, but it is something 🙂
Plant something: With the continues warm weather I’ve decided to play with a few plantings. Normally I would play it safe and just not plant anything in the actual soil until our official frost date has passed, but since we didn’t really have a winter and it’s been so warn, i figured I’d sow a few seeds into the ground and just see what happens. Either we’ll get a few early veggies, or we won’t. Time will tell.
- sweet bantam corn
- chard
- kale
- cucumbers (lemon, northern pickling and beit alpha)
- bush beans (black, trio and soy)
Harvest something (from this Harvest Monday post):
- Chard = 5 lbs 13 oz
- Kale = 3 lbs 7 oz
- Lettuce = 3 lbs 12 oz
- Eggs = 34
Preserve something: Ummm…nothing. I still need to process some of the chard and kale form the big harvest last weekend, but I guess that’ll have to count on next weeks post
Waste not (beyond the weekly composting and kitchen scraps to the chickens): I gave a lot of misc. greens and turnips and radishes to the chickens this week as I started clearing out the over-wintered veggies. Not sure what happened to the turnips and radishes, but they did not do well at all this last planting. Ah well…the chickens loved the greens 🙂
Also, we sold some of the excess lumber we had lying around on craigslist last weekend. The woman who purchased it was great and she asked if Tool Lady would be willing to build her some raised beds of her own…for a price of course! So, Tool Lady’s currently looking into the cost and time that would be involved. We just might be able to help someone new grow their own food!!! More to come when I know more…
Want Not: Nada.
Eat the Food: Lots of eggs and greens. Lots and lots and lots. Oh…and we ate a lot of challah 🙂
Build community food systems: We gave a couple of huge bags of greens to one of Fish Girls friends, sold a bag of chard and a dozen eggs to some friends of ours and we made tortillas for another one of Fish Girls friends who’s been requesting them for months 😉
Skill up: This is small, but fulfilling…I learned a new way to braid bread so it bakes up beautifully!
You manage so much in a week! Well done. here is my post for this week http://littlefamilyof3-sarah.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/independence-day-challenge_27.html
Thanks, Sarah! It’s nice to write it all down! Otherwise I can get to the end of the week and feel as though I’ve done nothing! 😉
I’m so inspired by your blog, I love to see how each week you are able to find success of some sort. So many times we focus on the big picture and don’t count the little blessings.
This week I recommited to my blog, road my bike on a hard hot ride and felt good afterward, got one large area ready to add compost, repotted our squash, started more squash and pumpkin seeds, and hopefully have cut watering back enoug on my tomatoes and peppers so they start to thrive.
Thank you for your kind words here! It’s so nice to know that all our hard work is paying off, despite our sore muscles and tired bones 😉
Sounds like you’ve had a wonderfully productive week as well! I’ve never started squash inside…any tips???