Jan. 22 - 28, 2012

Temperature Range:

• lows: 37 - 52 F
• highs: 43 - 62 F

Rainfall: 1 inch

Seed Orders:

• R. H. Shumway
• Buckwheat, 5 lbs 
• Collards 
• Vates
• Morris Heading 
• Elderberry bushes, 2 
• Sugar beets, Bucklunch 
• Strawberries, 50 
• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
• Beans, long, Red Seeded Asparagus 
• Celery, Tendercrisp 
• Cushaw, orange 
• hairy vetch, 1/4 pound
• Oats, hulless 
• Sorghum, Mennonite 
• Summer Savory 
• Summer squash, Tatume 
• Coe's Comfrey - 25 crown roots of Bocking 4 Russian Comfrey

Harvested:

• turnips
• cabbage collards
• collards
• kale

Egg Counts:

• Sun - 7
• Mon - 7
• Tues - 6 plus a broken shell
• Wed - 4
• Thurs - 6
• Fri - 6
• Sat - 3
• Week's Total: 40

Observed & Accomplished:
Sunday

• day of rest
• drizzled all day
• tried some of my canned green tomatoes (fried)

Monday

• more rain! :(

Tuesday

• finished the last of the window sill ripened tomatoes picked last November.
• daffodils blooming
• made yogurt
• finished de-seeding BOSS heads

Wednesday

• sun! too wet to work in the garden though
• hauled logs for terrace beds
• egg production has really picked up

Thursday

• drizzled all day
• hauled more logs for terrace beds
• mailed in my Shumway seed order
• finished shelling cowpeas

Friday

• 1st double yolked Buff egg!
• sent off Baker Creek order
• ordered 25 more comfrey plants
• another round of broccoli looks ready to harvest
• pickled a dozen hard boiled eggs in leftover pickle juice

Saturday

• wheat is growing tall. cut a bunch back for the goats. something has been laying in it!
• made & froze 3 quarts of turkey soup