Is there a City Slicker Tax?

Pictures of the Picnic

This is why we bought the land.

Mmm... homemade whole wheat bread is mighty fine.

Six Penny Pond is still dry.  See the empty water tank?

No words are possible.

Silly Mama!

Someday, this will be home.

My apologies for a slow upload - a possible broken ankle has slowed down life!

Visited the land tonight

with glorious weather in the 60's for a picnic.  Pictures to follow.

an Attempt to plow

It's hard to be 40 minutes away from your tools.  The gentlemen were going to mow and plow but forgot wrenches.  Then they learned a bolt was cross-threaded, so they mowed approximately 30 feet and had to quit.  It is Purgatory Ranch, after all.  (Gentlemen, any more details?)

katie z.

Auction

Today, a house on the air strip north of us had an auction.  It was unfeelingly frigid, so much so that Q and I had to retreat to the van to listen to the auction.  James purchased a tractor to use on the land.  Thus far, he's bought a pressure cooker, coat stand, and chair.

Until next time, remember, this is not paradise, it's Purgatory Ranch.

He Says I'm Crazy...

... but since I'm the one responsible for getting things done when it comes to growing food on the land, I requested that we make a trip to the land today to begin spading the potato bed in order to prepare it for spring.  While I only shoveled a few rows, at least there are that fewer clumps of weeds and hibernating bodies of grubs to deal with next year.

I found one more potato, not sprouted, yummy to eat.  It's James' dinner tonight.

While I was shoveling, James took the kids on a driving tour of the land.

Until next time, remember: this is not paradise.  It's Purgatory Ranch.

katie z.

Final Produce of 2010

On expectation of colder weather, I ventured out to the garden to pick the last fresh greens for the winter: lettuce, pea tendrils, plantain, oregano, rosemary, thyme, parsley, green onion.