D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

  Wow, time flies when you are working your keester off in the country! Since I posted the pictures of the pretty posies, some major work has taken place. First off, S. got permission to gather wood from a neighbor who had some logging done this year. We had permission for one day. It was just a short drive to his property, so S. Mr. P. and I gathered SIX! pickup loads of wood. Mostly oak, but some fir. It was an EPIC woodgathering day. We still have to cut most of it into rounds and split it, but as you see, S. has a wood splitter that looks like it came from a Transformers movie.   I use the word "we" loosely when talking about splitting. I don't go near that monster, but I can stack the wood that's been split, or throw it into the truck. There's … um…. a lot of it.     We are feeling so blessed! But let me tell you, rolling all those logs and rounds down the hill and getting them into the pickup was quite the task. I ended up with some poison oak on my wrist. I spotted it a little bit too late. Though I suppose even if  I HAD seen it, I still would have ventured into it, because there were some prime rounds of white oak to be fetched there. The next day, I mowed the lawn…. it's so pretty now! THEN…. I got the garden ready to till... Here it is devoid of weeds and rocks, but pretty compacted by winter...     And here it is today, after being tilled and mostly planted...   I got the potatoes, carrots, kale, onions, crookneck, butternut, green beans, and zinnias planted. I still have tomato plants, basil, lettuce, and chard to plant, but it got cold and rainy, so I came indoors. So while I've been busy doing other things, the hens have been staying on task too.   Anyone want to share your favorite recipe using eggs?  :-)