Vacation Coming to an End - 2016 January 14

Well, I was supposed to head back to the big city today, my vacation complete. But the gas truck didn't come on Friday so I need to extend by one day. It's nice to have the ability to change plans so easily. Hopefully, they will show up tomorrow, however, as I do need to get back to the city.

I will be splitting my time between the two places while we get the city house ready for sale. We just need a small house there for trips to see family and such. While I'm gone from the farm, I will be posting about various things from the past several years, as well as updates on current activities.

Before I leave, here's an update on the last few days. The seed orders were finished last night. There are several other things that need to be ordered but weren't available from the main companies I use. Who would have thought that comfrey is not something readily available? And why don't they have sunchoke roots? They were readily available last year when there was no place for them in the garden yet. Why in the world would they only have white, purple and yellow sweet potato slips? I tried growing my own slips last year following another bloggers technique but without much luck. So I guess I'll be having another try only this time using the time honored tradition of suspending a sweet potato from the grocery in a glass of water.

But I did find Good King Henry, a perennial type of spinach that I'm going to try. Did you know there is a type of celery that is supposed to be very easy to grow? It's called Golden Self Blanching Celery, worth a try. And King of the Garden Lima beans which are supposed to be what we call butter beans. Apparently, there is no plant species for butter bean. They are just white/yellow limas. Who knew?

Tomorrow is supposed to be the coldest day of the season. Hopefully, there won't be any more snow. Stay warm until the next post and dream about warmer days to come.