Cold

"Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north."-Job. Another frigid night last night. The vw won't start below zero, so lots of shuttling going on. We've already burned through at least a cord of wood. Got about a foot of snow outta this last storm, 'twas just too cold to produce more. Dang El Nino.

Thanksgiving

Here's our thanksgiving feast. 100% from scratch.
Whole Wheat rolls.

Green bean casserole.
Potatoes au graten.
Scalloped corn.
Gravy.

Dressing.Turkey.


Whole wheat sourdough bread.Cranberry sauce.

Pumpkin pie.Chocolate cheesecake bars.

Today's headline

"Obama accepts peace prize, defends war.

Hope!

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How To Take CO2 Out of the Sky, Timothy J LaSalle from CA Climate and Agriculture on Vimeo.

Your consumer choices and subsequent dollars determine market demand and thus all future production. 100% ORGANIC IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD. Please Please Please demand and buy only local organic food. It will save your life; body and soul, and maybe even the world.

The first step

Big week here at the barn. Tilled up 'bout half of the north pasture for next summers market garden. Were really excited!
Here's before. This field got aged manure spread an' drug in the spring after the horses got moved to the upper meadow. The sod is real thick on the east side.
Rented a skid steer and tiller for a day and just got after it. Went east west first.
Then north south on the second pass. It's looking pretty good after two passes but we may just have ta till again in the spring if the grasses are real persistent. The soil looks and smells and tastes just fabulous but we're gonna test anyhow just to know. But from the looks of it we shouldn't need to amend it much. Thank the lord for indian summer.

A winters worth of heat

"Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned." Well got all our wood brought down an' split up. About seven or so cords. Won't know just how much we got till it's all stacked.
After splitin' by hand my whole life, usin' a machine seems like cheatin'. But it sure is nice to knock it all out in two days.

Falliness

Things'r windin' down in the garden. all that left to harvest is some carrots and broccoli. Just trying to put things to bed.
It's been snowing on an off for the last couple of weeks. not more than an inch in town and it melts off 'fore noon.
the fall colors peaked last week. The mountain was really aglow.
Picked up a new valley car. '97 impreza sport outback. 2.2 liter. 135,000 mi. From a little old lady down the street.

We drove down to the Fruita Fall Fest last weekend. Some good bluegrass and lots of vendors selling stuff you don't need. This was a really cool steampower exibit.