i came home from work to tabitha curled on the playroom floor in pain. toly threw a heavy board/excommunicated-toy and hit tabitha in the ankle. arnica, ice, and tylenol were immediately applied. today is a bad day to be disabled. there is over two hundred pounds of tomatoes on all the horizontal surfaces in the kitchen. canning must ensue in earnest today. luckily today is my half day.
before we left for S.L. i tried to mow the yard and bent the blade into a fish hook. the yard was so overgrown it looked like no one lives here. i managed to pound/wrench/straighten the blade and mow the little front yard. two dozen bags of clippings later i was bushed. when ever i start the mower the cows come running. they know they are in for a treat, fresh partially chewed grass.
i used some of the lesser quality clippings to mulch around the bee hive. it is easier than weed-eating there--they don't like that. all of our buckwheat is in bloom. strangely, the bees aren't any where to be seen on it. i guess there are better more savory food sources around. i thought bees were supposed to love buckwheat?
i have so much catching up to do around here that i am overwhelmed. we likely get pigs thursday and i am nowhere near ready for them. the feeder must repaired. the new water fountain must be built. i'll hopefully post about those activities. i need to finish mowing, the mower already has trouble mowing a swath without bogging down. late fall garden must be prepared and planted. tomato rows must be taken down and burned. most importantly tabitha will need help canning.
5 comments:
Sounds like you have got your hands full, funny how nothing stops growing when you go out of town. Good luck getting caught back up.
Tim
Good grief! You've got a lot on your hands. Good luck getting everything done.
Phew! All those tomatoes! I'm a little jealous. I don't think even some of our commercial growers will see that kind of yield. The late blight has wiped out a good deal of our tomato crop up here. Unfortunately, that means not much in the way of tomato sauce. Hopefully it will be a good year for apples ;).
I hope Tabitha's leg feels better soon. It's tough to be out of commussion when there's so much to be done.
Love all those tomatoes- wow! The lists do seem to be growing longer...
Wow, you guys are inspirational with all that you accomplish! Regarding Rome's fever's and any other fever for that matter, I wanted to suggest therapeutic grade peppermint oil. We don't even use tylenol anymore because of how wonderfully it works. Within minutes of applying peppermint oil to the soles of the feet and top of scalp, fevers will begin to drop! I only use the highest quality peppermint oil, because adulterated stuff wont work as the medicinal value has been compromised. I'm actually giving away a bottle of it, stop by my blog and enter the 'drawing'. Even if you don't win, I would get some anyway. I don't go anywhere without it now!!! Peace and Blessings to you and your family!
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