I’ll swear I’m growing webbed feet! It’s cold and wet outside, but we still have plenty to do. It didn’t help that I was under the weather yesterday and didn’t do much but lie down and rest. However, today, I’m much better and got busy this afternoon and canned up the last (for me) batch of Cowboy Candy. I’ve given the rest of the jalapeños to our friend April, to can up.
We went out to the North Garden and pulled several Big Max pumpkins. I gave three of the biggest to son, David, and his family, for Halloween. He’s saving me the seeds, of course. Even these small ones average nearly 100 pounds. Yep, they’re big!
Will’s been working on getting smaller wood for our kitchen range cut up and split. It’s now in a big pile next to the old pig house/woodshed, waiting to dry and stack. As it’s so very wet out, he’s in our big woodshed, stacking the huge pile. It’s shocking how few cords are actually in a huge pile, but once it’s stacked you know for sure. Fortunately, we have lots of firewood yet to split up and get in.
I’ve been worried that the deer might get in the Wolf Garden and eat up all of our carrots, as they had nibbled quite a few of the tops already. Yes, I left the gate open to make it faster and easier for us to get in and out. Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea? Fortunately, the carrots were fine. Will pulled half a 5-gallon bucket full of big, perfect Kuroda carrots, as that’s about all I can put up tomorrow. They keep better in the ground than a bucket, so we’ll pull as I’m canning, and then pull a bunch to store fresh.
Have any of you noticed the bare spots on grocery shelves lately? Like only one 10-pound bag of regular sugar, very few eggs and many canned goods spots empty. But then I filled up my car with gas this morning and was shocked to pay $75 for the cheapest octane. It would cost Will $200 to fill up his big Dodge one ton pickup! Look out guys, this is getting ugly very fast! I feel bad for my sister, who heats with fuel oil (diesel). Her heating bill is going to be horrendous this winter! I’m so very blessed to have dependable wood heat. — Jackie
It is butt ugly everywhere. I can absorb these government inflicted costs but I am in the minority. I fear so many people will put off turning on their heat until they have no choice but to do so. Elderly folks and young children are at risk due to cold as well as heat.
Better half did a grocery shopping trip today. The person in front of him had a really full cart – $300. He didn’t mention any empty shelves but we are centrally located geographically. What he has noticed at some stores is less variety.