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that I am complaining, but we seem to be getting the last several months of rain
in the last 48 hours. Since 1 am we have gotten 3cm of rain in our rain gauge. I
ought to see if I can get it changed over to mm so I am on the same page as the
local radio as that is how they measure rain.I popped into the root cellar and it is dry and tight in there. I bought the carriage bolts for the door yesterday, deciding to just hurry up and build the door instead of forging the whole thing. I can always do a fancy one later. We noted that the size of the door has altered a little (by visual eye) as the soil was put on it and the logs started to settle a bit more.
We need to add more dirt yet.It is nice that it is raining, we got a burning permit for the slash piles on our property from clearing for fields. The permit is free, but it will save our posteriors if there is ever a wildfire. Though I also cringe at the slash piles, I have seen what happens when the piles are not burnt and we need the hayfields and pasture for the livestock. The guys heeded my request pretty good and saved the birch trees and made green spaces for wildlife.
If it was not raining so bad and it being so muddy. I would pull in the pea and cuke fencing, pull the last of the brassicas (and have a feed of Brussels sprouts tonight) and till the garden under before it freezes solid.
My bf keeps eyeing the hogs to see when we are going to butcher them. He wants them to hit 200 pounds. And he says they will gain that last amount pretty fast. And I guess we had better start thinking about harvesting 2 of the turkeys pretty soon. It is still weird to me to have Thanksgiving before Halloween. It is JUST NOT the proper way of things.
Actually you guys know why the Canadian Thanksgiving is before the US Thanksgiving? If you think about it you can probably figure it out. But the growing season is shorter in Canada and it is giving thanks for the end of the harvest (and that it is DONE for the year - YIPPEEE!).