Sam is putting up sheetrock in the utility room. I had to help position the large pieces along the sloped ceiling. It was very awkward with the tank right in the way. The rest of the project should go easier, since the pieces are smaller and don’t need to be held way up in the air.
Month: September 2016
Common Ground Fair
Spent Friday and Saturday at the Fair. Friday we had lots of rain, Saturday we had a sunny windy cool day, with huge crowds.
Found out the quickest route is Route 139 through Monroe.
Bought four varieties of seed garlic for planting:
Music, Philips (Maine heritage variety), Red Russian and Lorz Italian Softneck.
Bought a quart of Frontier Sugarworks maple syrup.
Bought a small cake of beeswax.
Bought yarn for crocheting hats.
first mouse
caught our first mouse
Plan A – we chased it around the counter area
thinking to catch it in an empty yogurt container
this was not going to work
Plan B – position a cardboard tube (postal mailer)
at the edge of the counter
one end over a wastebasket
drive mouse into tube (easily done)
mouse falls into wastebasket
worked like a charm,
let mouse go in yard
bigger challenge – secure house from mouse
mineral oil
finally found plain mineral oil
in pharmacy department at
Hannaford’s
avoiding overspending at Viking, Home Depot, etc.
for mineral oil marketed specially for butcher blocks
with Vitamin E
“once a day for a week
once a week for a month
once a month for a year”
BMV
paid tax in Town Office
submitted voter registration cards
then to Ellsworth BMV
new title, new registration,
new plates, new Driver’s license
“36 VP”
odometer stopped at 299,999
not a problem because car is more than 10 years old
I have to get an inspection
within 5 days
lay of the land
I hiked to the community garden
and then tried to find my way
through the fields and woods
back to the house
couldn’t do it, the house is well hidden
didn’t want to get lost
so I followed a wider trail and
ended up back in the fields
some other day
heavy rain
Sam cleaned the gutters
he’s working on putting
an electric fence around the beehive
purchased at Agway:
wire and insulators
bought a Cuisinart colander
that sits over the sink
hancock community garden workday
we went to the workday
worked with the crew
replacing the back fence
with a sturdy chicken wire
well secured to the ground
and the fenceposts
edges covered with cardboard
and a deep layer of wood chips
our plot is empty
just a leftover allium
and a patch of Johnny-jump-ups
sam arrives!
with a truckful of goods from home
frozen food in a cooler
just picked raspberries
leftover unpacked items
two brooms
and a futon from Betsy
town office
you have to know what to ask them
but they’re conveniently open at 7 am
I got an official card for the Transfer Station
with a town seal
Picked up voter registration cards to fill out later