Mid Michigan! Zone sixers!

This weekend is EIGHT WEEKS before our last frost date!!!

Time to start these plants indoors:
-Eggplant
-kohlrabi (and other brassicas)
-lettuce
-celery
-onions
-peppers (hot)
-Swiss chard
-gourds

It’s 3°F (-16°C) and I’m going outside for an hour to do farm chores. Whooo! Here I go!

Right now!

Going!

..in a minute..

My evening. I guess I’m a little… old fashioned. 😉

I had 7 bags of blackberries in the freezer. This is a lot of blackberries. Going to thaw them on the stove, then send them through the food mill, then make jam.

I make a lot of stuff. I knit and crochet, spin and dye my own yarn, and make beaded jewelry. Here is a folder of stuff I’ve made over the last decade. I update it now and again.

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Cat TV is hopping today! I saw two bluebirds, a downy woodpecker, a cardinal, a house finch, a blue jay, and a dark eyed junco all at the same time.

#Michigan

I was able to make 8 quarts of tomato sauce from the tomatoes stored in our failing deep freezer. Phew. Thank goodness for extended warranties. New freezer arrives on Saturday!

This is adorable.

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