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Working the list
Whew, what a day…. Yesterday was overcast and cold, thus we devoted ourselves primarily to housekeeping. We embarked on the great laundry challenge, earning a bronze in speed folding, and finally...
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Sunny Sunday in the garden
Henbogle coop was put on hold today, we decided we needed to work in the vegetable garden. It was gorgeous today, but we’ve got rain in the forecast for the coming week, (and we need it) so gardening...
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Another Sunny Sunday
Well, another gorgeous Sunday of gardening excess — I love it. Again, we spent the entire day outside, and I suffered only periodic episodes of minor guilt over the disreputable state of housekeeping —...
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The Master List
We created this list 5 years ago when we bought the house. As you can see, we’ve made some progress, and have also changed some priorities. (The priority changes are usually the result of some...
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Thank Heavens for Sudafed
The weekend list: Plant sale Add compost to raised beds Fertilize raised beds and pumpkin patch Close off vegetable garden to the chooks Plant salad greens (at last) Add compost and turn over vegetable...
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Slower Sunday
Sunday we moved a little slower, no doubt in recovery from Saturday, but we did cover a lot from the list, and added some new tasks: Planted salad greens, yay! Set up hoop house frame over salad bed...
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Sunday’s list
Saturday morning, I made a list. Dan added a few items.Then Bill came over to do some tree surgery on the ailing sour cherry tree. Bill trimmed off the loose bark, looked for insects, and then later I...
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I’m still a trend setter
Friends laugh when they see my lists, but list-making works for me, and apparently I’m not alone. The New York Times has an article about the growing popularity of life lists, a list of goals to...
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Winter preparations, just in time
Saturday we had a cold and very windy day, brr. In light of predictions for a big nor’easter on Monday, we bustled about putting clear plastic over the draftiest windows, and I roasted yet another...
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No rest for the wicked
Vacation is over. Today, we stained the deck. Twelve glorious days of sun left the deck nice and dry, and we were ready to go, having done the prep before vacation, hoping it would be dry enough to...
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