On Monday I was up at 4:30AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and then prepped for processing blueberries. My friend picked me up at 7AM and we headed north. A month ago the organic blueberry

On Wednesday I wasn’t moving too fast. I’d been short on sleep for too long. I didn’t get up until 5AM and just worked on my post until my #2 intern arrived at 6:45AM. I was just finishing it. I had decided

St. Johnswort alongside the driveway On Saturday morning I was up at 4:30AM and got the sprinklers going. I got to work editing photos and had started my post when I stopped at 5:45AM to close the house

Big garden – 1st summer squash On Friday morning I was up at 4AM and worked on photos until 5:45AM. I got the house closed up, the cat fed, and headed out to finish the weeding in the Big garden just after

On Wednesday morning I was up at 4:30AM and checked e-mail and worked on photos until 5:15AM. Then I got the kitchen cleaned up and got set up to process the rhubarb marmalade. I got the jars heating,

Rainy Day On Tuesday I was up at 5AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and went out and harvested an armload of rhubarb for making rhubarb marmalade when the rain abated a bit. My brother

Image Credit: M Kazim I got far too comfortable with potatoes because they are such a familiar food that everyone eats, and it doesn't really seem possible they could harm anyone until I read about an

Transcription supervisor On Tuesday morning I was up at 6AM, fed the cat, and started on my post. Once that was up, I got the shades up, the stoves set, and started on the transcription. I finished the

On Saturday, I was moving really slowly. The only things I accomplished was mending the 2 shades and ordering dinner. The rest of the day was spent dozing or watching Doc Martin. On Sunday I was moving

Magnolia in February On Friday I was up just after 5AM and got my post up. Once the cat was fed, I got the kitchen cleaned up and the laundry put away. I would need large flat areas for the new project.

On Thursday I was trying to get as much done as I could before I took the new meds. So I got the laundry folded, the kitchen cleaned up, my post up, paid some bills, and started getting ready for my #4

Today I decided to use up a few more of those tomatoes I froze whole last fall. Basic stewed tomatoes are quite simple, so that's what I chose. I used the recipe in my 2009 edition of the Ball Blue Book

Saturday night was another night interrupted by coughing so I never woke up until 7AM. Someone was quite distressed so I fed him right away. I got the shades up and found it to be quite foggy on the ground

On Thursday I was trying to finish the bills when my helper friend called at 7AM and said he couldn’t come as he had a plumber coming. I already had the carcasses thawing for chicken bone stock. We’d just

On Wednesday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. It was pretty cold again. I got the kitchen cleaned up and then got laundry started. The mulch guy arrived at 8:45AM and we unloaded 20 more bales.

On Thursday I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. The cat is finally resigned to the time change and is fed at the new 6AM/PM times. He still drives me crazy for an hour before each one, but that’s normal.

Saturday morning was foggy when I pulled the shades up at 7:30AM. It got pretty warm as the day wore on. They forecast 58F but I think it was much warmer outside. I got the dehydrator unloaded and got

Moonset at dawn On Friday I was up at 5:30AM and started my post. I had to stop to clean up the kitchen and get a shower before my helper friend arrived at 8AM. I sent him shopping and got set up to make

On Thursday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and then started the china cabinet move. I got the table and chairs out of the way then unloaded the cabinet onto

Kousa dogwood On Saturday I wasn’t up until 6AM. I got the cat fed and my post up. (Check the leaves on the ground. I NEED to mow.) We had a mild frost during the night and I got some photos. The cabbages