Independence days

Happy Friday, everyone!!!

Man, has this week felt crazy to anyone else?  Not sure what's going on, but it's been a little batty around here.  Well, thank goodness for Fridays and warm weather...I could really use some meditative time in the yard...  :-)

Plant something (under grow lights)...I'm kind of out of control:

• Loofah
• Eggplant
• Italian Heirloom Tomatoes
• Yellow Taxi Tomatoes
• Yellow Pear Tomatoes
• Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomatoes
• Brandywine Tomatoes
• Roma Tomatoes
• Tomatillos
• Purple Opal Basil
• Genovese Basil

Harvest something (from this Harvest Monday post):

• Mixed greens = 3 ounces
• Spinach = 6 ounces (2 ounces form under the grow lights and 4 from the hoop house)
• Kale = 1 ounce
• Eggs = 25

Preserve something: I have some beets in the fridge that I meant to pickle this week...but it didn't happen.  Maybe this weekend...

Waste not:

• We used 3 pallets (from my dad), and weed cloth we had stashed in the garage to make these pallet "beds" to help us create an enclosure for our bees
• Cut up several sprouting potatoes that were meant for eating and put them to chit in the pantry

Want Not:

• I got 9 packets of new-to-me seeds from a local Seed Savers Exchange on Thursday.

Eat the Food:

• Homemade whole wheat bread
• Roasted chicken and root veggies
• Roast from the freezer
• Lots of harvested eggs
• Lots of harvested greens
• Red chile from the freezer

Build community food systems:

• Gave some seeds to the above mentioned Seed Savers Exchange
• Sold a dozen eggs to our accountant

Skill up: 

• We learned how to build pallet "beds"
• We learned how to move a top bar hive full of bees

Independence Days Challenge is hosted by

Sharon @ The Chatelaine's Keys

I'd love to see what you've been up to!  If you'd like to join in simply leave a link to your Independence Days post and I'll pop on over!  If you don't have a blog, feel free to let me know what you've been up to in the comments below!