As you can see, this blog has been static since early October.  Andy, the guy that had been doing it for me, is one of our CSA (community-supported agriculture) members and did an awesome job!  We traded him 22 weeks of vegetables for his IT knowledge and we probably owe him.  No, I know we owe him.   He as been strongly suggesting that I get out of my baby crib and start learning to crawl with this blog stuff.  Of course, he implied it in a very nice and laid-back way.   I am just excited that I finally learned how to add content to my own blog!  Pictures and videos are next when I figure out how.

Sauerkraut – I made a batch Sunday.  It should be ready in 6 weeks or so.

The moon was waxing and the signs were right.  Does that make a difference?  I don’t know, it sounds archaic.  But is it?  Planting by the signs developed over hundred’s of years from our ancestors watching the movement of the stars, observing plant growth, and paying attention to weather patterns.  They spent most of their days outside and sheltered in humble cabins and houses.  Most of us have parents or grandparents that grew up in homes with no electricity or running water and living on a dirt road or close to one.  Now we are constantly attached to our cell phones, the internet, cable or sat. tv  that we feel lost if we cannot have instant access to whatever we want immediately.  We no longer spend time looking at the night sky or paying attention to plant growth because we don’t have to.  But does that make our lifestyle better?

But then Jenifer boiled some for supper… They were awesome! We generally eat the cull vegetables, except for sweet corn, which we selfishly hoard and I think Rose Finn fingerlings might be added to the list.

We quit for lunch around 12:30 and it started to rain around 1:00. Not hard, just enough to make digging potatoes out of the question. So I took a nap after lunch and then went shopping…

The Thrill of Shopping

Shopping for me involves going to Lowe’s for lumber and hardware and Tractor Supply for pine shavings for the turkeys and the laying hen’s nest boxes.

I also got the thrill of going to Radio Shack, Office Max, and Wal-Mart looking for a USB to Ethernet adapter and vice-versa.

Ellie wanted a laptop and we told her we would match her 1/2 on the purchase. She made her half in 3 weeks selling flowers so we had to pony up for the other half and we went to Best Buy in Concord to take advantage of the state tax- free days this past weekend.

Wireless Farm

I also bought something I have been dreading, a wireless router.

Some of you may not know what I am talking about and, believe me, I am in your camp while others will consider me a luddite for having trouble hooking up a simple router.

The installation instructions were simple, remove the Ethernet cable from the back of the computer and plug it into the router… Our 7 year old computer does not have an Ethernet cable. It is a USB plug. Which led to the fruitless search for adapters at Radio Shack, Office Max, and Wal-Mart… I was told multiple times I needed to go to Best Buy… jeez.