Horseradish Hill Homestead
Monday, September 22, 2008
Oom Pah Pahs Kick Big Boote'
Hola Compadres,
So, it's been a long summer and a lot has gone on. I just wanted to leave a quick note with an update, in hopes of uploading pix later...
My way cool worker dudes, Andi Feron and Fred Fratiello, two fellow travellers with solid spirits and serious skills, along with their plumber man Merlin, have been at the ol' place on and off for the past couple of months, and they've renovated the downstairs bathroom (very much needed and done with style and quality) and almost finished the siding project. Also my electrician man Joe is splitting the electrical service between the two apartments, so we should be able to move upstairs into the two-bedroom joint over the next few weeks.
Now instead of looking like a Frankenstein tragedy on the outside, it looks like the old farmhouse it was meant to grow old as. Ah, age...the older I get, the more there is to it!
The square foot garden gave up a few cukes, a little basil, some tomatoes are still ripening. Whole lotta work for not much, if I may be so ingrateful as to observe. Garlic was cool, the fam dug it and it'll last for quite the while, I think.
What else? Wood boiler is ordered and should get here beginning of December. Don't have enough loot to make the attic into a living space like we planned...guess it'll be another on the long list of long-term projects.
Went to one of Honey Bee Lives' workshops yesterday about preparing your bees for winter. I've been mostly lazy-fair with the ol' girls this summer, and they seem to be doing ok despite one of the hives not having been given enough space to store honey for the winter. I'ma try to drown them in food in hopes they can make enough to survive the cold time. I'm also not going to treat them for a prevalent problem - Varroa mites - because the most effective and seasonally appropriate treatment (formic acid) kills newborn (newhatched?) bees and I've taken a hypocritical oath wrt the sisters. Also because Chris says organic beekeepers gotta experiment for the good of the bees, and this one other local bee dude is doing the same thing so I feel not so much the idiot.
I think the most amazing thing is that the three of us have survived in this one-bedroom apartment since last November (2007) and not a single one of us has turned into an axe murderer. I think. Must say I've been tempted, but as yet no prosecutable felonies ;)
Holdin' it down...
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Posted by morningsunshine
My SFG was a disappointment too, but I had a HUGE list of issues, so I figure I will try again next year AFTER I find some way to deal with grasshoppers (chickens maybe?)
Glad to see you have updated - will you post pictures of the house? I remember the before and during pictures, so I cannot wait to see how it looks now.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
I kinda liked the Frankensteinian look ;)
- Maryann
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