Fall is in the Air
There is new snow on the mountains. Tons of leaves have fallen just in the last couple of days. The scent in the air is that of autumn: decomposing vegetation, rain, and a few brave late flowers.
The peas are all finished. I had left them for an extra couple of weeks past their peak yield, for one thing because one daughter would be visiting and might enjoy “grazing”, and there were still immature peas on the vine, and even a few blossums… still! However, with all of our cold wet weather, some mature peas were just getting old and starchy, while the flat pods and blooms were not maturing. At any rate, I’m satisfied to have the job done. We’ll shell them tonight in front of the “idiot box”, of course.
Today I cleared out half of our small greenhouse and put 2 tables in there for my bulb sale. So, in spite of the fact that it has rained most of today, I got the packages priced and set out for the sale tomorrow and Saturday. I haven’t made signs (I’ve only had a YEAR to do this since the LAST Fall Bulb sale that I didn’t make signs for!), but somehow I feel complacent. Many people have seen my ads in the local paper or posters on the store windows, so I hope there’s a good turnout. Compared to last year, I bought only about a third of the wholesale bulbs: I had many left over in November (when I came home from Dad’s funeral), and many were given away or stored in the fridge for “forcing”.
My friend from The Beanery, where I sell the cheesecakes, phoned today to ask me to restock my small display of jams & jellies. So although I haven’t really generated much revenue THIS week, delivering a dozen jars of preserves to the coffee shop helped.
I just added potatos, carrots and onions to the pot roast. It smells so good! I made a thick slurry of dried onion soup, grated horseradish, hot pepper paste, “basil ketchup” and garlic powder, and spread that on all sides of the cross-rib roast. It has been cooking on low heat all afternoon, and we’re getting very hungry!
Thanks for checking in with me. It has been a very good day. Stay well, everyone! ~~ Ann
