Friday, July 13, 2012

IDC- mid July

It's Friday and time for my weekly Independence Days challenge update.  It has been a busy week. It's kind of funny- K12 has just realized that it is Friday and is upset by this for some reason.  He seems to have missed Thursday.  It's funny hearing him try to convince all of us that we are wrong and that today is actually Thursday.  Poor confused child.  That's what happens on summer vacation.
But, back to the IDC.
Plant something- plum tree and blackberries finally made it into the ground!  Otherwise, nothing planted but my little fall cabbages are doing well.
Harvest something- eggs, broccoli, onions, kohlrabi, peppers, a few tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, a few herbs, cabbage.  Kale for the chickens
Preserve something- nothing this week.  I'd like to see if I can get some Missouri peaches and maybe make some jam or can some.
Waste not- The usual recycling, composting, scraps for chickens.  I know there was something else but I can't quite remember what it is...
Want not- I've been stocking up on vinegar for the past few days.  Our local grocery store is having a sale on white vinegar.  I think I've purchased 7 gallons over the past few days and I'll probably pick up another few before the sale ends on Tuesday.  Since we use vinegar for a lot of things it is great to get it at a good price.
Eat the food- coleslaw, stuffed hot peppers, boiled new potatoes with butter and grilled grass fed steaks.  YUM!!
Build community food systems-  Made stops at the farmer's market and Justine and I made a run to Kalona today to the Stringtown Grocery (the Amish store) and the cheese factory.  Cheese curds are so good!
Skill up- not much,  I've been doing some plant identification around the property.  I think we may actually have wild groundnuts growing.  How cool is that! I need to wait for them to bloom to be certain.  But another wild edible!!  Sweet!

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  1. Sounds like you are harvesting a lot of produce in your waterless dry garden. We had rain again all day yesterday and early in the morning. I hope it doesn't rain today its Reilly's pool party....debbie

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    1. The garden is doing amazingly well. I was worried about putting the tomatoes into this section of the garden. It tends to be wetter and is a little shaded in the afternoon. This is the area where we had blight so bad a few years ago- but it is time for tomatoes here in the garden rotation. That is probably what has saved them so far. I've only watered the tomatoes and peppers three times.
      And feel free to send some of that rain our way!

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  2. We're hoping for some rain forecast today...

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    1. I hope you get some- so many people are desperate this year.

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  3. I also made a stop at the farmers market but too late in the day I think -I bought a couple of items but I think the the one downtown has become so hob nob -flowers for people SOME people houses ,probably sent the maid to buy them. Too commercial .I almost bought a pint of moldy black berries ,glad my daughter was with ,she said "your not buying those are you?"they had local " but not really local cheese curds" he said he was letting them go for a steal 3 sandwich size bags for $12.00 my sister lives right next to most real local dairy farms in Wisc. if I want some ,I'll have her get them.I DID SCORE BIG ON GROUND BEEF AT CUB FOR $1.50 A POUND ,I BOUGHT EVERY PACK ON THE COUNTER ABOUT 60 lbs .WHOOT WHOOT -I LOVE GETTING DEALS

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    1. What a fabulous deal on ground beef! Stocking up now is such a good idea- especially since with the drought I'm sure beef prices will be through the roof soon.

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  4. Your doing really good. We need to find more peaches. I bought a half bushel awhile ago and feel like I need more jam.
    We water all our plants nightly because of the drought. There is no way it would have survived without it. We got a bit of rain the other day but it barely saturated the soil.

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