The Weekly Trip to Town (where we spend lots of money)

Cold this morning - only 40 degrees F when I went out to do my chores. It did warm up later on in the day.

Chas and I went to town to do our weekly shopping. We shopped for groceries and feed. I also picked up 3, 3/4 inch thick 4'x6' horse stall mats to use in front of the cow waterers to keep the cows from sinking into the mud, alfalfa pellets, a small salt block for the goats and bird seed.

We also hit the library where I found more wonderful books to read.

I was tired when we returned. I've been staying up way too late at night reading. Naturally I slept. Sleeping so long makes me grouchy - unless it's at night.

Mary H came over around 4pm. I'd just finished my evening chores. We picked chard, cucumbers, zucchini and beets for her to take home. We also dug two hills of potatoes, the Yukon Gold starts I planted from what were originally grocery store potatoes two years ago. We did some weeding and I hacked back the Hubbard squash that was growing into the tomatoes and potatoes. I need to get out and water.

Dinner was stir fries with squash and leeks from the garden, leftover beef and green peppers served over rice.

Tomorrow Chas and I hope to dig out the Hereford's watering trough area and lay down small rocks covered with gravel. We'll put the horse mats in front to keep the cows from sinking into the mud. I sure hope this works.