2009 Garden Catalogs are here!

I feel like I've been waiting months for these to arrive, and now they are finally here! I only ordered a few because I hate being bombarded with catalogs that I never order from. Now I know it would be best to just order them online, but with dial-up this slow it would take years to view a few pages. I've requested: Territorial Seed Co., Kitazawa Seed Co., Park Seed, Seeds of Change, Burpee, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, and Sand Hill Preservation Center.





I'm trying not to go crazy this first year, because I know there will be a learning curve. With all this land I can't help but want one of very veggie that our family eats. I'm really excited about Kitazawa Seed Co., they sell a wide variety of our favorite Asian veggies.

2009 Conconully Outhouse Races

This was the first weekend that we had a chance as a family to go have some fun. And boy was this fun or at least funny! The Conconully Outhouse Races have been around for 25 years, each Outhouse is built by individual teams, and are then raced down a snow covered Main Street. Each team has 3 members, two people pushing the Outhouse and one rider has to sit on the pot! My personal favorite were the bucket races, where the two pushers had to wear buckets on their heads and rely on the rider on the pot to give them directions. I have fond memories of playing eyesy-closey at the local go-cart track, ah, the things teenagers do to have fun!

Frozen Chickens

The whole family has had to adjust to the different weather here in Washington, but the poor chickens have had it worst of all. After a few weeks of living in the basement (which I don't recommend), they were moved outside into their coop. Two days later we got our first snow. Both the girls have been troopers. Mrs. Roper has some frostbite on her crop, but she seems fine otherwise. I had to buy a water de-icer to keep the water from freezing overnight. I also had to reinforce the sides because the neighbors mutt keeps trying to get into the coop. We are still getting eggs, although if I forget to collect them in the afternoon, they freeze. I can't wait to get goats!

Grilling in the Snow

Before the move we decided to give away the grill because who grills in the snow right? But the Mr. wanted steaks, so we ran out and bought the tailgate special. The sight of a tiny grill out in the snow was hilarious. The neighbors must think we are crazy!