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025 Why I bother canning potatoes
We eat a lot of potatoes. But I had no clue just how many. I was sure, what I canned last time would last a while. I was wrong. So, I ordered more potatoes, and went back to work. This time, I’ll explain it all. I’ve been preserving a lot of food lately. I’ve frozen…
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024 This isn’t how I’ll build my terrace
The terrace in my abandoned garden is falling apart everywhere. As I needed a flat surface for a workbench to continue the roof repair, it was time to tear it up and build a temporary new one. Everyone called me crazy when I adopted this neglected land. Most of the time, I don’t blame them.…
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023 When everything happens at once
There are times when everything happens at once. You feel like you are always about to start or do something. You’ll “just quickly” do this and that before. At the end of the day, you haven’t started. But somehow, it all gets done in the end. I’d put of dealing with the basement for months.…
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022 This roof will be the end of me
When I adopted this abandoned piece of land, I knew the roof would be a major project. Some days, I think this roof will be the end of me. I underestimated how long even the simpler tasks like carrying in roofing supplies would take. I can only carry one board at a time due to…
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021 The blackberries won this round
The blackberries are ripe! I had to harvest them but my land was so overgrown that an afternoon of harvesting turned into a fight with the brambles. Three days of cutting and trimming, and I finally had a harvest–but the blackberries are far from finished. Waking up to sunshine is a rare treat. When the…
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020 It’s not about finding mushrooms
We live in an apartment surrounded by forest. When we moved here last year, mushroom season was at its very end. Now that the rain has slowed, we went on hikes through the wood in search of edible mushrooms. Except for a handful of ink caps and morel earlier this year, the weather has been…
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019 I’m fixing this roof alone
A few weeks ago, I adopted a neglected piece of land. There is endless work here but also endless potential. My hands are itching to get into the soil, build beds, and start the actual garden. Before I can do any of that, I have to fix the garden hut roof. The temporary fix I…
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018 Overwhelmed by plums
It is harvest season out there. While my own balcony still needs a few weeks (assuming any of them survive all the rain of the last weeks), much of nature is ready to harvest, the farmer’s in the area are overflowing with tomatoes, and my garden neighbor’s garden is so bountiful, I always go home…
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017 Clearing out the garden hut
The previous owner left a lot of trash in the garden hut that needed to be dealt with. Eager to work outside but with rain always on the horizon, I spent an afternoon cleaning it all out. Progress! Eager to work on the land, the rain feels mocking. It’s been weeks and weeks of gray,…