April fools

March: In like a lion, out like a lamb.

I almost don't have the energy this today.  Tomorrow I fly for Las Vegas. Tonight was frantic packing, followed by frantic taking down of buckets, followed by frantic household chores (kitty litter, cleaning of some sugaring supplies), and now finally a rare blog post.

The sugaring season was almost a bust. About 2 gallons produced, all said and done.  Not enough to give anything away really, though I did give a small amount to friends that kindly donated some unused buckets that had been cluttering up their garage.

The garlic came to an end tonight, as the last of it was dehydrated over the weekend.  While we lost a lot to rot before harvest, what survived cured well and lasted a long time.  Last year's crop made it to only January before I lost nearly all of it to mold.  I tossed only two heads out of sixty+ due to mold.

The last of the squash is represented by one lone Blue Hubbard that is in need of cooking sooner than later.

There's still a good number of dried tomatoes, but not enough to make it till July when the first fresh ones will be coming out of the garden.  This last year was a bad tomato year for our CSA, hopefully this year will be better, and we'll be able to put up more.

Finally, there's still some precious wild blueberries in the freezer.  One of the unforseen benefits of having River, meeting a couple who has a dozen acres of wild blueberries in their backyard.

The next two months are promising to be very busy.  Hopefully I'll have time to work on the garden between trips and everything else.

Building more beds; tearing down some old ones; working on the driveway; painting the interior of the house; building a shed; getting rid of the satellite dish; painting/fixing the deck and porch; and cleaning up the yard are so on the agenda for this year.

So much to do, so little money to do it with.