I saw this somewhere and thought- what a great idea! Love the old fan on top too!!!
May 19, 2012
Independence Days Challenge and My First Carhartts!
Independence Days Challenge-
1. Plant Something- Getting ready to plant next weekend with 3 days off. I have the main veggie bed and the new raised bed is full of dirt. So much more room now to plant! Keeping my cold frame, perennials and evergreens going.
2. Harvest Something- Eggs, chives, grass clippings going into the compost.
3. Preserve Something- Same, freezing more food.
4. Store Something- I keep stocking up on more basics every week. I LOVE having a freezer!!!
5. Manage Reserves- Get A Good Deal/Barter/Stock Up/Prep- Looking for a good deal on more used deck chairs.
6. Eat the Food- Try New Foods/Recipes- Working on more old recipes.
7. Build Community Food Systems- Still need to get to the spring farmers market.
8. Recycle/Re-Use- We're building a recycled, temporary chicken area to transition the girls outside during the daytime. They're too big to be inside all day. Will be altering a LOT of summer clothes in the next couple of weeks.
9. Skill Up- Reading The City Homesteader by Scott Meyer, pretty good! Doing better on my photography, and camera settings I think.
10. Regenerate What is Lost/Salvage Something- Moved a rhubarb and it's doing well, ditto my scruffy lavender!
My First Carhartts- I got my first Carhartts, now I feel like a real homesteader, clothing-wise! $17.00 at - Sierratradingpost.com and nice, comfortable and heavy duty. These should be great for heavy gardening. And I'm a "regular size" now, whoop whoop!
Solar Eclipse Sunday, Busy Busy, Busy, Thrifting
Annual Solar Eclipse- I hope to see something tomorrow late in the afternoon or night! Here's information on where you might be able to see it: Space.com You might need to check with your local news stations about the time.
Busy, Busy, Busy- My garden, and chickens, have been growing fast! Weather finally moderated, thankfully. With the 3 day weekend coming I plan on planting most of the veggie gardens then. I envy people who can stay home full time and take care of their gardens, sigh. I'm so far behind them. I bought rosemary last night to plant and some perennial dill. My cold frame lettuce babies have grown quite a bit since I took this photo earlier this week-
I saw this great display on another blog from a farmers market, wow! Talk about a great tomato display!
Samantha checking out the new raised bed, before the dirt was added-
A slight case of gardener's feet- dirt and water :)
Thrifting- I got this on eBay this week, for $8.00 and I love it! It's like a shadow box, and about 13" wide. I'm going to do a minor repair, then it's up on the wall! It has a tin star with Rosemaling (Norwegian folk painting), a little straw hat on the upper right, dried flowers in the middle, tools on the left. It looks handmade-
I saw this on Craigslist at a local antique/junk store, how cute! Great use of distressed white paint and chicken wire. I need to go out there to see if they have some fun, smaller items for sale. Didn't have the price listed for this-
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