Independance Days #4

1. Plant something - Started squash, pumpkins and more peas from seed in 4" pots. Now that it's warming up by the time these are ready to plant out hopefully the slugs will be fewer and they'll stand a chance. Planted bean and corn seedlings and tiny turnip, beet, chard and spinach plants in the beach garden.

2. Harvest something - Dandelions and blackberry leaves for the rabbits.

3. Preserve something - nothing this week.

4. Reduce waste - washing fleece outside with cold water and dumping the water on the lawn and plants. Ew, I know, but it's full of all kinds of good things! The fleece is getting cleaner than I thought it would. This is a great method for those on a septic system who don't want to dump dirty sheep dirt down there. I'll be posting on the process soon. Making arrangements to give some things to Harley and his friends who will be moving in together (oh, please cross your fingers!) soon.

5. Preparation and Storage - Still packing to move. Getting ready for a garage sale on Thursday and Friday. Harley will run it and the staging in the garage has begun.

6. Build Community Food Systems - nothing this week.

7. Eat the Food - more meals out of the pantry, no new recipes.

These updates are looking pretty boring, eh? Well, my life is turning in a new direction and so my focus is towards downsizing, de-cluttering, de-stashing and firming up arrangements for the next phase.

We have an offer on the Valley house. If all goes well, we could be closing on June 12, which means I have to get my stuff moved out in the next couple of weeks. The Boss and The Other Boss have agreed to get me set up as an independent contractor so I can telecommute from South Beach.

Expect blogging to be light for the next few weeks. I'll be taking pictures but probably won't have time to post.

Dreams do come true!