Ending and Beginning

Cut up and split some of the oak firewood that was too bit to fit in our stove, also some of the elm and maple from around the yard. Carried it with the wheelbarrow down to the greenhouse (aka solar kiln) and stacked it up high. It should finish drying there within the next couple of months.

Brought the sawbuck back into the greenhouse to dry it out so it doesn’t rot.

Our big white pine on the East side of the yard shed all its brown needles in the wind last night, so it’s looking all new and sparkling in today’s occasional sunshine. Raked up a bunch of the needles with help from G and D and dumped them in the garden. I’m not worried about occasional additions of pine needles making the soil too acid.

M picked a bunch of cherry tomatoes.

Yesterday, I cooked up a bunch of collards and kale in butter along with some ham and turkey spam and one of our red peppers in a frying pan on the stove. It was awesome. I’m finally figuring out how to cook and enjoy collards.

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