Central Missouri has gone from freezer to mudhole in the span of a week. The frost is coming out of the ground and the roads are a horrible mess. Rain last night made bad conditions worse, but on the bright side my pond is almost back to full pool.
I took advantage of the sunshine yesterday and repaired the freeze-cracked ball valve on one of the outdoor taps. If I’d waited until today to work on that it would have had to wait until next weekend due to the mud, so I’m glad I didn’t put that off.
It’s about time to finish cleaning up the garden. Won’t be long til it’s time to plant spring greens.
Took RMv.2 back to the dealership on Friday to have the step bars, gooseneck hitch, and bedliner installed. It’s much easier for old fat man to get in and out now.
I’m short and go through all sorts of ‘moves’ to get up into our F350 truck. Good thing I had some serious Monkey Bar training as a kid! ;)
And then, as if she knows I hate riding in her, she tries to strangle me with the seat belt!
We’re a slushy, muddy mess in SW Wisconsin, too. I don’t know WHAT it’s doing out there right now - some odd combo of rain, sleet and slush is falling from the sky! BUT - more warm and dry weather ahead this week. Yay!
It was already pretty muddy here, and it’s rained all weekend. I didn’t get to do the outdoor stuff I had planned. So I started canning some stuff to empty out the freezer. Also experimented with the Emeril pressure cooker/air fryer combo appliance that my daughter sent me as a gift.
I really liked the way it worked. I’ll be using it for pressure canning from now on. It makes a smaller batch, and is so much easier to handle that my Walmart special. It also doesn’t heat stuff up as much - a bonus in the summer time.
It also made a great meat loaf, and cranberry/orange bread loaf and perfect boiled eggs -deviled to go with the meat loaf.