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Off-season

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.

Firestarter II

17 Mar 202411 Mar 2024 by Mike (tfb)
Wood burning in stove

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

Categories 2024 from the start, Off-season, Tools, Weather Tags wood stove, firewood, Winter Leave a comment

Food factory

9 Mar 20248 Mar 2024 by Mike (tfb)

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

Categories 2024 from the start, Off-season, Cooking & Eating, Wondering Tags Winter Leave a comment

As the sun sets

29 Feb 202420 Feb 2024 by Mike (tfb)

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

Categories 2024 from the start, Off-season, Planning, Weather Tags weather forecast, Winter Leave a comment

Upcycled food

18 Mar 202418 Feb 2024 by Mike (tfb)
Upcycled protein powder from unmarketable veg

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

Categories Cooking & Eating, 2024 from the start, Off-season, Farm lab (research!) Tags food processing, Winter Leave a comment

Somewhat snowy

28 Feb 202415 Feb 2024 by Mike (tfb)
Somewhat snowy scene

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

Categories 2024 from the start, Off-season, Weather Tags Winter Leave a comment

Firewood heap

24 Feb 202414 Feb 2024 by Mike (tfb)
Pile of firewood

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

Categories 2024 from the start, Off-season, Weather Tags wood stove, firewood, Winter Leave a comment

To winter or not to winter

29 Feb 202412 Feb 2024 by Mike (tfb)

The snow is clearing pretty quickly. I haven’t checked the weather forecast for the next couple of days. It could go either way: all brown again, or…all white, again! We’ll soon see…… Read the rest

Categories 2024 from the start, Off-season, Weather Tags Winter Leave a comment
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