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March 12, 2007
the dark people have left my land
farmer girl, 2007. the fine weather and lack of injury, illness, and other (more pleasant) distractions this weekend was duly taken advantage of.
mowing, tilling (by hand), clearing branches and logs, planting caladium rhizomes, cleaning up the shade bed, and sowing cool weather seeds - spinach and salad - were all accomplished.
saturday was hard work day, sunday was a peaceful day, with work, yes, but more quiet. sunday i cooked up big batches of food, veggie marinara, roasted root vegetables, and rosemary pork loin. then in the evening i baked apple bread. i cleaned all the freezer burnt crap out of the freezer and stocked it neatly with small, clearly labeled packages of the things i'd made.
with care, i could live easily for a month on the food i have in the house now. i still have many fresh vegetables that need to be made into things and frozen, but that will have to wait until Pi day is over, because i've decided to try my hand at making pie from scratch. tomorrow evening will be occupied with the rolling, fitting, filling, and baking of this pie.
oh. the title of my post. while i was turning the soil in my herb and vegetable garden, i saw no earthworms. not one. it was quite disturbing. one wonders if there's something amiss in that bed. i did transfer a couple of wigglers from the shade bed (where they seem very happy) into the main garden.
today i celebrated having usable daylight after work by mulching the big beds in the back yard. i have to say that i'm glad they moved the time change up. i like having light in the evening.
it's supposed to be nearly 80 tomorrow. this is why i own a convertible.
Posted by lisa at March 12, 2007 10:43 PM
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