{"id":11889,"date":"2026-11-03T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=11889"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:36:23","slug":"weve-had-3-inches-of-rain-and-three-more-days-of-rain-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2026\/11\/03\/weve-had-3-inches-of-rain-and-three-more-days-of-rain-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve had 3 inches of rain and three more days of rain coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure glad we built the house way up on a hill, above the creek and beaver ponds! Flooding is very likely here, as it has been elsewhere. Stay safe guys! Flash floods, especially, are nothing to mess with.<\/p>\n

As we knew it would be raining, we got busy and split wood like mad. We also split up a nice pile of dry pine slabwood for kindling for my wood kitchen range. With a good pile of wood in the old pig houses, plus the woodshed, which is nearly overflowing now, we called it a day. Just as it started raining. And it hasn’t quit for two days now. Yes, we did need rain. And it’s giving us time to do other things.<\/p>\n

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Slabwood makes great kindling1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve been canning like mad, finishing up things like more carrots and getting started on cabbage. No matter what Ball says, I can up lots of it. When I go to use it, I drain off the water, then heat it in fresh water or use the cabbage in things like stir-fries, stews, soups, casseroles, etc., where it is really enjoyed. No, it isn’t “too strong,” as Ball Blue Book says. Then I’ve got to do some Amish Coleslaw, which is basically sweet pickled sliced cabbage, which is water bathed. Will likes his drained of the vinegar\/sugar\/spices and mixed with mayonnaise. I like mine right out of the jar, as is. I also drain some and put it in my stir-fries. It’s very good that way. It’s another way to use up more cabbage. I’ve got lots of sauerkraut already!<\/p>\n

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Yep, I’ve been canning up a storm lately.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve also been working on organizing the shelves on the enclosed but unheated back porch. I’m putting lots of things on them that freezing won’t hurt, like bulk spices, Clear-Jel, nuts, powdered cheese, oatmeal, etc., in clean, used popcorn tins to keep the mice out. You never know when one of those little buggers will slip in before the cats find them and chew on something valuable.<\/p>\n

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Used popcorn tins are good for keeping mice out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday, we went down and picked up a nice, used ATV for a reasonable price. Our old one is broken down, again, and although we’ll take it to the shop, we figured it was time to buy a newer one, as ours has thousands of miles on it. We have used it daily for more than 14 years now and it’s getting tired. I sympathize!<\/p>\n

Well, we went off to the polls to vote, only to find they didn’t open until 10 AM and it was 9:15. So we headed home and will wait awhile before going back. Oops! Oh well, I’ll put away the cabbage I canned up and start in shelling the rest of the Bear Island Chippewa flower corn while we wait. Please vote, if you haven’t already! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure glad we built the house way up on a hill, above the creek and beaver ponds! Flooding is very likely here, as it has been elsewhere. Stay safe guys! Flash floods, especially, are nothing to mess with. As we knew it would be raining, we got busy and split wood like mad. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,8,13,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-energy","category-equipment","category-food-preservation","category-self-sufficiency","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11893,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11889\/revisions\/11893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}