Off-season refers to the time from last outdoor harvest of the fall, to the first seedlings started, indoors, in the spring or late winter. I’m not counting the years when I’ve had winter crops in unheated greenhouses, and gone to winter markets. It’s when I’m not working on crops for open field growing.
First firewood delivery of the season, tumbled onto the lawn. This is from a property further north that has an endless supply of downed trees from the wind storm a few years ago, and the more recent ice storm. When … Read the rest
Enjoying the flames and the slowly building heat from starting the wood stove for the night. Guess this is saying goodbye to the semblance of winter we’ve just had. Wood heat and tending the fire seems best enjoyed when it’s … Read the rest
In town today, on my regular supply run every three or four weeks, this view caught my eye. The big food factory, seen through an open lot between two houses. Not sure what stood out, or moved me to take … Read the rest
You can only come up with so many titles for the same photo, taken every few days, to show the ups and downs of the local weather. The sun is getting warmer, more head-on. That’s normal! Wondering when the fields … Read the rest
On my last stop-in at the luxury grocery discount outlet* around three weeks ago, the “upcycled” on these labels caught my eye. “Certified Upcycled”? Don’t think I’d heard upcycling applied to food in that direct way, but it made sense. … Read the rest
Back to bit of a traditional great northern winter look after a fair dusting of snow. It looks wintry, but you only get that old time winter feeling when it sticks around for months, with short days of freezing cold. … Read the rest
The last pile of firewood, hopefully enough to get through the cold weather. There’s more in another small stack, enough for a week or two, then this. It’s a motley collection, cut further north from here, from the zillion trees … Read the rest