What did you do in the garden today?

[GardenTillers44]

I split and stacked another 1/2 cord of ash which gives us 3 of the 4 cords we need for winter. My wife processed tomatoes and made 2 gallons of spaghetti sauce with herbs, garlic and onions, all from the garden. I could smell it clear up the hill .

I built an indoor fire tonight. Early in the season for that, but hey, it's down to 45 tonight and we love a good fire. Our friends in Ely, MN would give us some line about Minnesotans grilling out in their shirtsleeves at 20 degrees...

 

[Mama Runner]

Started building a living fence.

 

[Pensmaster]

I split and stacked another 1/2 cord of ash which gives us 3 of the 4 cords we need for winter. My wife processed tomatoes and made 2 gallons of spaghetti sauce with herbs, garlic and onions, all from the garden. I could smell it clear up the hill .

I built an indoor fire tonight. Early in the season for that, but hey, it's down to 45 tonight and we love a good fire. Our friends in Ely, MN would give us some line about Minnesotans grilling out in their shirtsleeves at 20 degrees...

We have all windows open. 72 terrific degrees out. TV now sits in fireplace as wife is allergic to the smoke. We used to have a fish tank in it.

 

[GardenTillers44]

We have all windows open. 72 terrific degrees out. TV now sits in fireplace as wife is allergic to the smoke. We used to have a fish tank in it.

Years ago my wife and I installed and maintained aquariums in Houston. We did all kinds of crazy designs, even an aquarium bar shaped like a cowboy boot, but never had one in a fireplace!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Started building a living fence.

What are you making it out of? Pictures?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Years ago my wife and I installed and maintained aquariums in Houston. We did all kinds of crazy designs, even an aquarium bar shaped like a cowboy boot, but never had one in a fireplace!

We had a chain of pet shops in Canada many years ago. One day we had a 100 gallon tank pop open! Water everywhere!

 

[GardenTillers44]

We had a chain of pet shops in Canada many years ago. One day we had a 100 gallon tank pop open! Water everywhere!

I do not miss the leaky aquarium days!

 

[chickmom3941]

Against worms = anti helmetic

Thanks for breaking it down to a 5th grade level. That I can understand! LOL...

Regarding the 100 gallon aquarium in your later post - we used to do a bit of fish breeding. One of our tanks was an 80 gallon with several somewhat-expensive discus in it that we were hoping to breed. One day we woke up and found the tank had nothing but dead fish and plants in it - no water! It had leaked out during the night. Were we ever mad ! We still have two tanks now, but no breeding or anything.

 

[chickmom3941]

I split and stacked another 1/2 cord of ash which gives us 3 of the 4 cords we need for winter. My wife processed tomatoes and made 2 gallons of spaghetti sauce with herbs, garlic and onions, all from the garden. I could smell it clear up the hill .

I built an indoor fire tonight. Early in the season for that, but hey, it's down to 45 tonight and we love a good fire. Our friends in Ely, MN would give us some line about Minnesotans grilling out in their shirtsleeves at 20 degrees...

This is our first house with a wood stove, and for the first few years after we bought it, we never used the stove. Why? I have NO CLUE! Finally, after being here a few years, we thought, why aren't we using the wood stove? DUH! So, we went about buying wood one fall, having no idea how much we needed to get through the winter. We ended up with a LOT of wood, and many of the pieces were just halved (not cut into pieces that would fit in the stove). So once they are cut into smaller pieces, the wood just keeps multiplying! We have made it 2-3 winters so far, and still have enough wood for probably a few more winters! It's so funny that we were worrying if it would be enough for the first winter - lol! The wood stove is great, though, cuts our heating bill down substantially. And it's great for all us firebugs - we all get off on making fires in the stove. There's just something so fun and satisfying about it...

 

[GardenTillers44]

And it's great for all us firebugs - we all get off on making fires in the stove. There's just something so fun and satisfying about it...