Garden

 It's that time of year.  

The days are getting shorter and shorter.  By the time Cletus finishes work (the job that pays for health insurance) the sun has set.  While we could rig the halogen lights and maybe get a little work done outdoors...well...

So what's to do in the long winter evenings?

I'm glad you asked!

This is the time of year we play catch up with some of the garden things and plan for next year.

Evenings are spent browsing through the garden catalogs (oh the garden catalogs!  May blessings be heaped upon the heads of the people who put those together!) (Baker Creek is outstanding and the deluxe version, which costs, is well worth the expense).

 

Seed is inventoried. 

Trust me, this is just a fraction

 

We make spreadsheets

And when I say, "we", I mean "Cletus"

 Cletus reads and reads and reads all sorts of gardening books.

Currently on the table

 

We watch videos on You Tube of how different people garden; their tips and tricks for a good yield.

We talk about what might be a good thing to sell at market.

We talk about what I want to can this coming year.  How much do I still have in stock in the pantry?  Should we cut back on some things?  (green beans)  Should we increase some things? (carrots)  Should we try something new this year?  Should we give up on things which were an abject failure?

I love my Tattler lids but they do NOT go to the market

On lunch breaks we walk around and look at the light and talk about where to expand.  And wish it were not so expensive to have pine trees removed.  On weekends Cletus gets out and tills the ground.  

He digs up this years' pepper plants, puts them in pots, and we overwinter as much as we can.

Not just peppers!

Believe it or not, it is time to be starting some of the seed and putting it into the greenhouse.

Coming Attraction: Salad!

 In a couple of weeks there will be a grand rearranging of the offices in the house.  I will move the craft room and office desk into the large office and Cletus will move into the smaller office.  We will move the large glass bookcase into his office and when it gets really cold (below freezing!!) plants (and sometimes quail chicks) will go into his office.  With the door shut.  To keep the kittens out!

Cold-weather hat

 

In our spare time (!) puzzles.

Preferably of warmer places...

 

Long winter evenings aren't so bad!