Running a Muddy Trail
A Good Foundation
{ 08:35, 17 March 2008 }
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Having been denied our well intentioned bakery plan in downtown we have gone underground once again. We have begun the process of building the brick oven right in our own backyard, where we have permission to build it from the city, but have been specifically forbidden to use it as a business. Fine, then, we'll just bake lots of bread there and take it elsewhere to sell it.So in the midst of our fine weather last week, that held out for days despite many weather reports full of doom and sleet, Joel got most of the foundation dug. He's out there now in the frost, tidying it up while we wait for the visiting relatives to wake up for breakfast. Its looking promising to have a warm enough day to pour the concrete this week and then we can buckle down and start building up the actual oven. The goal is to be able to host our first firing party in May.
This baby will multiply our productivity exponentially and clear up the kitchen space for important tasks like making lunch on baking day, something which we have had to forgo in the past year. Meanwhile, in the rest of the yard, things are slowly waking up. Buds are swelling, leaves popping out and some tough little seeds we test planted super early are bravely pushing through the damp soil. Purple Orach, peas & turnips are turning their little seed leaves to the sun as I type, and a few rows of dormant cilantro, arugula and collard plants from last fall are wiping the sleep from their eyes and getting ready for a productive spring.
Our eating table has been downsized in lieu of having table space to start more seedlings inside. Now I just need to track down another grow lamp. Poor, light deprived things. Its an exciting time of year, for sure.
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