Sunny 59/80
Jared let me sleep in this morning while he went and fed chickens. I finally rolled out of bed around 8:30!
Today we planted my extra cucumber seedlings that I grew in my window sill over by the chicken pen. And a few wild Morning Glories too.
Then I gathered a few hand fulls of herbs (oregano, thyme, sage, mint, and lemon balm) and a few juniper berries and added them to the apple cider vinegar I had made from the cores and peels from the apples Dad gave us at Christmas. This will make an aromatic thieves vinegar that can be used diluted for cleaning or full strength in a spray bottle as a chemical free insect repellent for when I go outside. I'll let it sit in the cupboard stirring daily for about a month. Then I'll strain out the herbs, throw them in the compost and it will be ready to use!
I currently have some vinegar that I had infused with orange peels and sage for spraying. I had to use it today so I could wade amongst the tall wildflowers to gather the seed pods of my Columbine.
You know they're ready when they rattle when you shake them and the seeds are dark black. They look like clusters of tiny little pea pods.
It's only a little after noon so there may be more chores that fill my day but I don't foresee many. Tomorrow is Monday. Jared will go back to work. We won't know until Wednesday if he'll be laid off again on Thursday and Friday. If so, I think we have plans for finishing the other raised bed, maybe some more mulch, I'm sure we'll think of more.
Until next time,
Becky
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