Beet day. 12lb on a 4x4 bed. Not stellar, but not bad. I just have to vacuum seal these tomorrow and they are done. Got a nice feed of baby beets for tonight. And of course the inevitable health scare in the middle of the night tonight when it looks like I’m pissing blood, and forgot I ate a quarter pound of beets lol. Is the work worth it while the grocery stores are still open? No. Will it be worth it when I can pull them out of the freezer in the middle of winter or in a pinch? Yes. Carrots, squash, and then pressure canning a hundred pounds of potatoes still to go. Cellaring the other 200lb or so. And trying to get some hunting days in. And a bunch of 50 hour work weeks. Fall is a busy time.

Little bonus tonight courtesy of energized atmospheric particles.

Ahhh…gn Nostriches.

God damn I can’t zap from @Damus on iPhone since the 25th I just learned.

For months I’ve been bypassing Apple’s barring of zaps on Damus with

Zap Zap Zap

Zap zap zap utility. The address no longer seems to be valid to run the script. Does anyone know about an alternative? Thanks

Half a cup each of apple cider vinegar, sugar, water, and a tablespoon of dish soap helped empty out a portion of the population of a wasp nest in the yard we couldn’t get to. Two dishes like this absolutely filled in 5 hours. The wasps have been super aggressive as it gets colder here again already. A guy on one of our tree crews got nailed 12 times the other day.

New Stihl 500i for the crew. Yep, I’ll definitely be borrowing that.

How’s that for a cute carrot?