Field Notes- Tuesday October 18th. A Dark and Rain Soaked Day. Chilly.

 Flowers made of felt.  Fantastic looking Dust Catcher.

Cold in the house this morning.  Rain.  Everything is very wet.  Husband has gone off somewhere but no idea - perhaps to his workshop to finish the project he started yesterday.  He wanted to make a "sifter" to fit the rolling black wagon.  So next Fall when we sift the roots out of the reusable inert container soil, the sifter will fit perfectly over the wagon.  Just a wooden rectangle fitted with quarter inch wire stapled to it.

Waste not...want not.  I keep the reusable sterile soil in 30 gallon garbage cans with lids.  I add soil moistening crystals and tiny plant food beads.  Time release. Same procedures I used filling and planting garden containers and window boxes at the Greenhouse.  I even  begged clients to save the soil they removed from the boxes etc and bring it in with their empty window boxes the next season.  Some did. Saving themselves lots of money.  Others dumped it out.  Got new each Spring.  The stuff I use is over ten/fifteen years old now.  In the early years my husband dumped it.  Now he doesn't.  

I think I said I'd rather keep the soil and dump him. 

It's still a year to year thing with him.....he really wants to dump it.

I made soup yesterday but it is a bit salty.  I think the bullion cubes might be salty.   More salty than usual. so the JOY of making soup was spoiled quite a bit.  I made a batch of pasta for husband to add to his Chicken Dinners.  He was happy.  I watched Law and Order.  I did a bit of reading but still have pages to go before this book is finished.  I was looking for a book in the pile from the library and then remembered it had been a disappointment by a favorite author.  And returned.   And that was yesterday.  Furnace is on.

Still chilly so I might go looking for my sweater.......still haven't baked the Apple Cake.