Greetings, All.
Namelus, I’d like to visit your valley. Sounds nice.
No one asks about borrowing out supplies because we live too far from any family to make it convenient. I’d help the young neighbors if they asked, though. They have the guns, we have the food.
Could mylar bags be used in the vacuum sealer the same as the plastic bags we are supposed to use?
By the way, the toilet was improperly installed before we purchased the house. We are just dealing with it and putting off the major renovation.
Screwy winter here. Very little sap from the maples. 60 degrees last Saturday, snowstorm on Sunday, and it is below zero and snowing again – lazy flakes.
I have been doing piddly little things. I canned stew last week, and the jars were just labeled. Putting things away. Organizing. You know, the stuff that clutter up the counter tops and is just annoying. I still have not found my shopping list which is what started it all.
We have not gone to the grocery for over two weeks. I intend to go tomorrow. I don’t “need” anything. Instead, I am thinking of what is in my freezer and how to can it, plus we have run out of sweets and chips/crackers. Don’t really need the sweets and crackers. I took ½ gallon of milk from the freezer and Hubby will have that for the first time tomorrow. He did not realize we could freeze it or that he had formerly-frozen milk before.
Grandson’s college asked them to come and get their stuff from the dorms. No more on-site school for the rest of the year. Not surprised, although N. Dakota is not a very “hot” spot. MN is doing ok. We are keeping things low and people are staying home – at lest the ones that I know.
The lettuce plants are looking good. I do not have enough lights on the tomatoes. The four-foot fixtures I wanted to order are out of stock. If the outdoor temperatures rise above freezing, again, soon, I can put them outside during the day. The goal was to set up a winter food production shelf anyway. Nothing is happening to the sweet potatoes, no roots or shoots. Oh, well. I may need to put them in a pot and let them grow over the winter in the house. At least the leaves are edible.
I just cannot get Hubby to agree to have chickens – for eggs or meat. He does enjoy the eggs we get from our local farmers, but not enough to raise even three for ourselves. He is going out to try and fix a garden fence that is falling down. Need to keep the deer out and we don’t want them thinking that if it ok to jump the fence now it will be ok when the crops are ripe.
I checked with our Joann Fabric and Craft Store – they are open with reduced hours. I hope to get Hubby to let me go shopping later in the week. The fabric I have for masks is too thin and I need interfacing to make them better. Plus, I want other fabric for other projects and some special fabric to make masks for each person in my family. I have patterns for masks that have pockets for the N-95 and surgical masks. I intend to make several masks for each person, of each type, out of a signature fabric for them. That way they will know which ones are theirs, and with the pockets all of it can be reused.
Time is going slowly today. Fortunately, Hubby and I are getting along well and feel no real pressure to go anywhere. I do miss my kids and grandkids, though.
Take care everyone – be safe, and stay sane.