2008
*picked up 15 pounds of pecans (222 total); tree 2nd from end in mowed area on front row seems to have released its nuts

2008
*rain: 1 2/10"

2008
*picked up 11 pounds of pecans (cumulative total: 207 pounds!); most prolific tree seems to be 2nd from north end on front row (tree with rope swing); southmost tree in mowed area (3rd from end) on front row has largest nuts

2008
*rain: 3/10"

2008
*picked up 11 pounds pecans

2008
*1st 2008-2009 School Snow Day (icy roads & ice pellets on exposed surfaces); 18F

2008
*harvested 34 pounds pecans

2008
*harvested 15 pounds pecans

2008
*7/10" rain

2008
*harvested 17 pounds pecans

2005
*school "snow day"

2008
harvested 5 lbs pecans

2006
*school "snow day"

2008
*spitting snow - slight accumulation of leaves and tree branches

2008
*harvested 8 pounds pecans

2008
* harvested 24 pounds pecans

2008
*harvested 3 pounds of pecans

2008
*harvested 11 pounds of pecans (in shell)

2008
*harvested 3 pounds of pecans, in shell
*planted persimmon seeds in pot. Seeds were gathered from field on the southwest corner of Weir & Salem, and had been through the digestive tract of an animal.
*froze 1 mess of mustard

2008
*finished off "cold frame" with 4 more bales of straw ($5/bale!)

2008
*harvested 11 pounds of pecans (in shell)

2008
*froze 2 batches mustard, per Mother's instructions

2008
*rain: 8/10"

2008
*harvested 17 pounds unshelled pecans

2008
*set out semi-dwarf apple trees: William's Pride, Mollies Delight, Stayman Winesap, & Arkansas Black
*cut back raspberries bushes
*harvested 14 pounds unshelled pecans
*harvested mustard for supper & to freeze
*planted 5 hickory nuts in a pot after soaking 5 days; planted only those that sank; discarded those that floated

2008
*set out semi-dwarf Liberty apple tree; first in west to east line on north side of woodlot

2008
*rain: 7/10"

temperatures: high 76, low 47

2008
*first solid frost; 31.2F at 7:20 am - dropped from 32F at 6am - low for the night

2008
*forecast calls for freezing temperatures tonight; spent the day after church getting ready for freeze
*harvested remaining tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, raspberries
*built cold frame from hay bales, fence posts, and 4-mil plastic sheeting in Keeping Garden around mustard & lettuce; built small square clotch from pvc pipe & 4-mil plastic - placed over spinach
*harvested remaining Fuji apples: stored 65 in flats in spare bedroom - heat shut off to room; stored 23 in plastic bags in fruit crisper in frig; holding 3/4 of 5-gallon bucket in spare bedroom until I can process them, probably as applesauce
*gathered zinnia seed & globe amaranth seed
*Love cleaned chimney
***weather update: home thermometer shows overnight low of 35.4F; noted spotty frost on lawn & some exposed plants

2008
*harvested trailerload of pine straw from nearby roadside; spread on paths in Kitchen Garden; will spread remaining straw on blueberry patch
*harvested 9 1/2 pounds pecans, unshelled -- more on ground
*continuing raspberry harvest (waning)
*harvested 3 pounds apples for caramel apple jam

2008
*rain: 8/10"