Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Summer was way to short, the rains lingered into the first part of June making a very late start on some of the garden plants such as tomatoes and corn. Fall rains came early and my yard which usually goes brown during the summer managed to keep a fair bit of green in it.
Last winter we had heavy snow in the mountains so one of our planned trips along the Pacific Crest Trail was shortened due to a lot of snow and that was in July. A trip into Jefferson Park in the Mt Jefferson Wilderness at the end of August left us with residual snow packs to cross and a late crop of mosquitos to tend to. I'll cover these trips here shortly.
I was able to cut an excess of firewood, although one trip turned costly when a piece of wood ripped into the sidewall of a tire. It was my fault, I knew it was there and should have taken the time to clear it, still it was a good cutting season. I was able to go out and help my Dad with his cutting, he keeps talking about a pellet stove, problem is, he is still in fine shape for cutting wood. If he is serious, he should start putting away fuel now, it is storable and will only go up in price between now and the time if/when he switches (Thanks to our government for all the inflation).
This morning's project is tomato sauce, the timer should go off shortly and I will remove the jars from the canner. When that is done, I need to get back to removing the concrete that makes up our front porch. I have been really slow on this project.
