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Britesea
Sustainability Master
Getting lots done since we are shut-ins now (not required, but I'm 67 and diabetic, so...)
The Deep Pantry is almost completely done!
It's a 10x20 room (ex-garage that we insulated and finished to make me a studio when I was making jewelry). 1/2 is now all my heavy duty utility shelves holding foodstuffs and bolted to the wall. The other half holds the freeze dryer, a seed starting station, and my sewing machine- on the 3 different walls. I still need to fashion some sort of light-blocking system for the food shelves, it's dim on that side of the building because I blacked out the two windows there, but it still gets light from the other half. I was thinking of just making kind of curtains using cut open contractor trash bags for now. All that's left to do is go through 2 more boxes of "stuff" and then I can break down the cardboard boxes I won't be using to hold my canning jars at the end of the shelves.
I finished planting all the seeds in peat pots- just about 100 plants, assorted tomatoes, peppers, chilis, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, chard, and collards, cucumbers, melons, winter and summer squash, and a few lettuces. It won't quite feed us for a whole year, but it will come close if we have a good growing season. It was peaceful setting them up with their labels and all, while watching the snow falling outside.
Then I cut up a bunch of celery and started them in the freeze dryer. Now I need to mix up some lime water to preserve some of the extra eggs now that the hens are finally laying.
DH cleaned out the refrigerator, and we've been doing well- there was hardly anything that needed to be tossed, but he did dig out all the leftovers and that's what we did for dinner.
The eggs in the incubator go into lockdown on Friday, although I'm not sure anything is growing. We haven't candled since that first time. Maybe we'll be lucky. And even if we aren't, we have 17 chicks coming next Tuesday.
Heard a rumor that we have at least one new C-virus case, but nothing in the paper about it. Perhaps they are waiting for the official confirmation.
The Deep Pantry is almost completely done!
It's a 10x20 room (ex-garage that we insulated and finished to make me a studio when I was making jewelry). 1/2 is now all my heavy duty utility shelves holding foodstuffs and bolted to the wall. The other half holds the freeze dryer, a seed starting station, and my sewing machine- on the 3 different walls. I still need to fashion some sort of light-blocking system for the food shelves, it's dim on that side of the building because I blacked out the two windows there, but it still gets light from the other half. I was thinking of just making kind of curtains using cut open contractor trash bags for now. All that's left to do is go through 2 more boxes of "stuff" and then I can break down the cardboard boxes I won't be using to hold my canning jars at the end of the shelves.I finished planting all the seeds in peat pots- just about 100 plants, assorted tomatoes, peppers, chilis, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, chard, and collards, cucumbers, melons, winter and summer squash, and a few lettuces. It won't quite feed us for a whole year, but it will come close if we have a good growing season. It was peaceful setting them up with their labels and all, while watching the snow falling outside.
Then I cut up a bunch of celery and started them in the freeze dryer. Now I need to mix up some lime water to preserve some of the extra eggs now that the hens are finally laying.
DH cleaned out the refrigerator, and we've been doing well- there was hardly anything that needed to be tossed, but he did dig out all the leftovers and that's what we did for dinner.
The eggs in the incubator go into lockdown on Friday, although I'm not sure anything is growing. We haven't candled since that first time. Maybe we'll be lucky. And even if we aren't, we have 17 chicks coming next Tuesday.
Heard a rumor that we have at least one new C-virus case, but nothing in the paper about it. Perhaps they are waiting for the official confirmation.
The hatchery issued a refund on my credit card, I don't think I'll go with Dorkings anymore-- I found some info that said they seem to be a bit frailer than other breeds and the chicks don't travel well. I know they were a lot smaller than everyone else too. No wonder they're considered a rare breed.
We're projected to hit 90 within the next week. Candy beer? oh wow.....
