Oct. 30 - Nov. 6, 2011

Temperature Range:

• lows: 33 - 49 F
• highs: 56 - 64 F

First Frost: Oct 30

Rainfall: 1.2"

Planted:

• 2nd section of wheat (total 46#)

Harvested:

• green peppers
• green tomatoes
• thyme
• spearmint
• calendula blossoms
• Hutterite soup beans

Gathered:

• pecans

Egg Counts

• Sun. 2
• Mon. 2
• Tues. 1
• Wed. 1
• Thurs. 1
• Fri. 0
• Sat. 1
• Week's Total: 8

Accomplished & Observed:

Sunday
• day of rest
• first frost
• picked frost damaged green peppers
• green tomatoes still look okay
Monday
• sliced & froze those peppers
• planted most of the rest of the wheat
• sprinkled compost over most of that
• shelled pecans
• noted frost damage on tender plants but everything seems to still be alive
• watered Egyptian onions, mangels, broccoli, lettuce, radishes
Tuesday 
• made & froze banana bread & muffins from bag of overripe bananas 
Wednesday
• made mozzarella (1 gal milk)
• made hard cheese (1.5 gal milk)
• gathered a few handfuls of pecans & hickory nuts
• gold Ameraucana is starting to lay again
Thursday
• rain
Friday
• more rain
• the wheat is up! (1st planting)
Saturday
• gathered more pecans