good start to 2009

my bounty from the farmer;s market this morning, plus some delicious oatmeal cookies from Carol
later on I cut quite a bit of fire wood and wheel-barrowed it all to the road and loaded the Chevy

Snowed in!!!

here is the sunset from a few nights ago...some snow...



then today..snowed in!

homebrew batch #1 continued

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homebrew batch #1 in fermenter #2

more snow, bigger garden, improvements all around

pulled up thirty feet of chainlink to make garden bigger...small break in the snow to get something done on the days off

feels really nice to just walk in the gate and be able to walk halfway down the hill to the garlic and shallots. hopefully benefiting from the snowmelt under the straw mulch...soil i dug up today looked rich and black with a good ratio of manure and straw

snow!!!

usually there is a nice view of the mountains from these windows...but today just snow...lots of it

homebrew IPA on it's way!!

all the equipment and ingredients


my homegrown Chinook hops (4 Oz.) plus corn sugar on the left

snow in the mountains!

here is the garden in snow this morning

window birdfeeder/thermometer

december

mulched and extended garden beds...ready for spring to come!

productive Sunday off

I could have gone into work today and used one less vacation day...but that's no fun. So instead i stayed homeside and worked on a fence for the other part of the garden where the shallots have two rows already ..probably more plants to go there that are less drought tolerant...like corn or maize. the quinoa will most likely go on the other side of the road where the compost is now. Along with possibly some winter squashes and whatnot.


new section of garden all mulched with straw and fertilized with alpaca manure

post holiday weekend

firewood stacked and covered

pre-thanksgiving fire pit

getting ready for turkey day 08

first off a few shots of the two best dogs ever!




strummer only loves us.

melons and stuff

last of the crimson reds...nicely cured and sweet as ever

remaining romas and shallots that i'll plant tomorrow.