On 11/16/2014 8:23 AM, songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
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winterizing projects are getting lined up.
already knocked off the first and i hope the
toughest of them.

so glad i did these, it seems to have made a
difference in how much air is able to push into
the house along the West facing wall which gets
the most wind.

snowing last night and today and it is sticking
with the cold nights we've been having. first
snow that's anything over a few sparkles.

it is a good thing i finished the last of the
garden cleanup that i'd planned on doing for the
fall last week.

today is 2nd day of the normal deer season,
usually we are surrounded by gunshots for the
weekend. i haven't heard a thing yet. there are
a lot of deer around based upon the tracks we
see when we go out for our walks.

i still have beans to sort through. all are
shelled now. tons of interesting crosses. not
sure how many are viable or useful until they
get grown out and i don't have the space for
this many. will keep enjoying the process that
is for sure.

meanwhile, in techie land, must get a new
computer ready because this one is showing signs
of going out again. i hate shopping for techie
stuff.

the new ISP connection is working out great.
150 times faster. so glad to be back to a
reasonable speed for only a few more $ per
month. i was spoiled rather early in that the
university had a good connection to the outside
world (even back in the mid-80s) so that every-
thing since then has seemed rather yucky until
the DSL line i had when i was in a neighboring
small town. then i moved out here to the country
when wireless was still a dream, no cable and
satellite was four times more than what i could
afford.


songbird

We're looking at a hard freeze here by Tuesday morning. Had a light
frost yesterday morning, sort of pinched the eggplants. Got a counter
full of eggplant, peppers, and green tomatoes at this moment. Suspect we
will pull the spring garden for compost tomorrow ahead of the frost.
Chop it up and into the composter along with dried banana leaves from
neighbor across the street plus a bunch of shredded newsprint. Should
work well, did last time.

George