WENDELL WEDNESDAY.
All these Wendell Wednesday's have made this guy a pro at taking pictures.
STING.
So I got stung on the eyelid yesterday...
Hannah was cutting my hair by the pear tree and we must have been in its flight path. The bee got tangled in Hannah's hair then, frustrated and frantic, attacked me. I had no idea if it stung me or not for a few seconds, but had Hannah look at my eyelid and check for the stinger. And there it was, pumping vigorously.Hannah could probably better explain it, but when a bee stings you it loses its stinger and that stinger is a muscle that continues to pump poison until it runs out or you remove it. I would have liked to have seen this in action, as Hannah said it was pretty amazing, but it was too painful to leave it in until I could find a mirror. I'll be honest, I cussed a little.However, it didn't make yesterday all bad. We shared a delicious breakfast in the morning with our friend Jamie from sustainablekentucky.com who later posted my next fermentation article on Kombucha. We also dug the rest of our sweet potatoes out from under their frosted vines and got them curing. We don't have a particularly warm place to put them so we're pulling my truck into the sun during the day, and loading the cab with the baskets. Then at night, since it's been dipping below 40 degrees already (!), we haul them back inside. Anything to get them to a point in which we can dig in! I miss few things quite like I miss sweet potatoes. Two more weeks...- Jesse.
DIGGING SWEET POTATOES.
Welp, we got a surprise frost last night, and although we were trying to give the rest of our sweet potatoes another week or so to size up, the plants are now pretty well toasted! It looks like tomorrow will look like a lot of this...
POSTCARD PEEK.
We have been so touched and overwhelmed by the response to our cabin campaign. And because of the tremendous response...Jesse and I have to get busy working on those perks! I spent yesterday finishing up some postcards for our lovely contributors. It is fun to have so many projects going on again - making tote bags, drawing and painting, and designing labels for Jesse's wine! We'd been feeling a bit lost lately - not knowing how to fill our days, what to do in our neglected garden. With the hope of our move and the help of so many of you, it is nice to have a purpose again!- Hannah.
