October 29 2014

Hey Peeps... Victory! I finally got the beet greens done... 28 quarts... after picking... sorting... washing 3 times... slicing... bagging... I just stacked them in the chest freezer... put some in the large crock pot with some chicken... an onion... cup of brown rice... cup of mixed dry beans... and a bag of mixed veggies... with rosemary and thyme... and a bit of redmond's natural salt...

Looking forward to having some of that... later... much later...

who'd a thought a little green and red leaf could trounce me... truth be told I am whipped... gonna take a bit of a break and then head out to do ranch rounds... and pick up some cement chunks with a friend... that is unless I can talk him into doing that a different day... it is a beautiful day outside though... and as long as I can still walk pushing my boundaries should make this body stronger...

it's the food prep... ranch work... fat loss workout... lol...

seriously though I am whipped... next year I am thinking it would be a much better idea to pick beet greens throughout the summer and put them up a bit at a time rather than this all at once thing... argh!

oh yeah... the beet roots and onions are sitting in the pantry... want to process the onion tops... and the beets... not today though...

later taters...

gratitudes: a sunny day... food in the freezer... the ability to walk... even when it hurts...

Mary E. Robbins

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October 28th 2014

got the potatoes dug and in storage... sorted my tomatoes again this week... 12 more quart washed cut and frozen... pulled and dug all my beets and onions yesterday... processing beet greens and sorting beets today... oh yeah... and got straw into most of the animal housing... I am a bit nattered... and muscle sore... but still moving... albeit slowly...

saw the kittens in the chicken house yesterday.... cute little fuzzies... their eyes are open... was concerned that they were out from under their house... but they went back inside and did not venture past the gate in front of their house... their mom is wild so moving them is really not an option... well not with keeping their mom with them...

goats are out grazing... froze here last night... not horribly though... glad the ground is still warm...

made it through the anniversary... worked myself to exhaustion yesterday... trying to push farther and farther without injuring myself... I will be so very glad to get the rest of this fat off... and very thankful for epsom salts in the bath tub... can we say sore muscles...

ok... gotta get back with it... or I will not get those beets done...

later taters...

Mary E. Robbins
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