Celery

Celery started from seeds in the greenhouse then transplanted to raise bed

I decided to chop and dry the celery.

This will take some time because there is so much.

I've been cutting the leaves off the celery rib and putting it through a food processor.

The ribs I've been cutting it in pieces.

Then the chopped and sliced pieces are going to the food dryer.

A project you do while watching a movie.

After the celery is dry I'll put it in a jar with a lid.

The last sunny day for a while

Today I'll finish mowing the front lawn, weed the front garden beds, and move leaves to the garden pathways.

According to the weather report it's the last sunny day for awhile.

In Oregon you work according to the weather Sunny outside, rainy inside.

I have my work cut out for me, so much to do so little time.

So I marked the chores needed to be done before Thanksgiving and divided them up on the days so I can knock them out one day at a time.

This weekend we will go to the dump in the rain. Oh well, that's what rain gear is for.

I haven't been able to get the pruning this year, other things had priority. This chore may or may not get done.

I decided to put the hoops on the celery bed with plastic so I don't have to harvest the bed right away.

The celery I harvested yesterday will keep me busy for awhile.

I've been reading about covering your strawberries so I might put hoops and plastic over them instead of hay.

When we get some compost we will fill the empty beds topping them so it has the winter to settle in before spring.

(when this will happen I have no idea)

Getting refocus on taking care of the place has been a challenge, trying to re- figure and balance priorities.

It was good to get the showroom display figured out for work, so we don't have to take up future precious weekends.

I feel like this year has flown right past.

Eric will stop at Home Depot after work and get insulation tonight to insulate our outside water fountain, and pipes going out of the pump house and little pump house cover.

Well times a wasting I need to get those grubbies on and get crack-in.

November Chores

I received this email from Farmers almanac on garden chores

Today is the last sunny dry day for a while so a good day to get those outside chores done while you have the chance.

• Work a trowelful of bone meal into the soil around your rosebush, then hill up more soil around the base.

• Prune grapevines.

• It’s never too late to apply lime to your lawn, as long as snow doesn’t stop you from pushing the spreader. The minerals in lime retain their value until the grass is ready to grow again.

• Give the compost pile a good turning before winter sets in.

• Give all trees and shrubs plenty of water before the ground freezes.

• Check trees around your house for weak branches that should be removed by you now, rather than by snow and ice later.

• Use sticks or stakes to mark the locations of perennial flower and herb plants. (It’s all too easy to disrupt them with early spring cultivating.)

Use small stakes or markers where you've planted bulbs or late-starting plants in the perennial garden to avoid disturbing them when you begin spring soil preparation.

Apply protective mulches on the perennial garden after the ground has frozen an inch or two.

Cover strawberries two inches deep with hay or straw.

Bring garden furniture under cover if you have not already done so.

Destroy breeding places for pests and disease.

Give all trees and shrubs plenty of water before the ground freezes.