Archive for November, 2005
November 28- ?? – Dead in the Water
The computer is in the shop and we will resume when it returns.
November 27, 2005 – Shed Roof
I’ve completed one side of the shed re-roof and I think I’m done unless the weather continues mild into early December. The first step was to pound 2×4’s horizontally on the roof into the rafters and through all the shingle layers. I had to put a few 2×4’s vertically to try to ...Read more.
November 26, 2005 – Lori Line
Nana treated the girls to a Lori Line Holiday Concert. Here are the girls all dressed up for the show!
Kraig and I worked on framing in an office in the basement and should be ready to hang the sheetrock next trip up.
November 25, 2005 – Thanksgiving
We celebrated Thanksgiving in Minnesota at Nana’s house. Here’s the crew (-kids).
There was snow that day which the kids enjoyed.
November 23, 2005 – Good Neighbor/Unrelated Tragedy
During the big storm about a week ago, we lost one of the posts of the clothesline. Now, we use the clothesline a lot and this fact must not be lost on our neighbor. He noticed the line was not upright and just happened to be driving by with his tractor and post ...Read more.
November 22, 2005 – We Have a Winner!
Today Emma found out she won a poster contest for a drug education campaign encouraging kids to avoid drugs and alcohol! Here’s her tie-dye style winning poster.
Here she is showing the poster to her classmates at a party at a bowling alley celebrating their graduation (don’t look too close at the beer poster on ...Read more.
November 21, 2005 – Glads
Today we (Linda) started digging the gladiola bulbs out of the garden.
When we planted them this spring, they were less than half the size they are now.
It’s nice to see so much growth – and we can use them again next spring and will probably get bigger glads. There’s still more to get and ...Read more.
November 20, 2005 – You Don’t Want Door #1
You don’t want to see behind the bathroom door. Sickness has run through the house the last few days. First Claire, then Mark, Emma, and Martin. Linda alone stands unscathed.
November 19, 2005 – Last Class
Starting in about a year ago, we enrolled in a “growing your small market farm” class where, among other things we wrote a business plan for an “on-farm store.” The plan and research showed us that the store would probably not be successful, so we avoided a lot of pain! We did however ...Read more.
November 18, 2005 – The 100s
Yesterday I introduced you to the local locker owners, today you get to hear about a great new Iowa band. I got their CD as a pledge gift for the KUNI public radio pledge drive. KUNI is my favorite radio station as they play everything – not just classical and jazz. They play ...Read more.
November 17, 2005 – State Center Locker
We are fortunate to have a good, locally owned and operated locker about 12 miles away in State Center.
Small town lockers are a very important part of a local food system and economy. In this age of vertical integration of livestock, it’s good to have small independent lockers like this one.
Ralph and Janice are ...Read more.
November 16, 2005 – Got Roof?
At a farm a couple of miles away, looks like there was a bit more wind this weekend. This was previously not site for any structure – the edge of a bean field and farm windbreak.
It looks like a roof of a pole barn lifted over the trees from the farmstead behind the trees and ...Read more.
November 15, 2005 – First Snow
Today was the magical first snow. The first snowfall gets the kids all fired up. They were out in their snow gear as soon as they could. It started gently, but now, as promised, the winds are howling.
November 14, 2005 – Bad Storm Risen, Another Rising
Ok, tornadoes on Saturday, blizzard conditions on Tuesday. This is a great country!
from the forecast: “A bigger problem will be increasing winds by late Tuesday afternoon as the storm continues to strenghten. Northwest winds are forecast to increase during the afternoon with winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph by ...Read more.
