END OF THE SEASON

We had a couple of days of frost this past week so we harvested all of the “above ground” vegetables.  The beets and carrots are still in the ground and they will be fine there for a few more weeks.  This year, we used our new chipper/shredder to shred the discarded garden plants to make mulch.  Stuart calls it making salad but who would want to eat this?

We are drying the cayenne peppers to take south with us and we will pickle the jalapenos as we’re not allowed to take fresh peppers into the U.S.

ICE CREAM BUCKET FULL OF JALAPENO PEPPERS

The roses are still blooming and it will be a while before they go dormant.  We’re not supposed to cut the flowers off at this time of year but let them dry up to create rose hips.  I miss having the fragrant smell of roses in the house.

Yesterday, we took our boat out on Christina Lake for the last trip of the season and the weather was great.  The water was calm and there were very few boats around.  We caught 3 small trout and released them right away.  No fish for supper.

We've been working on the church renovations and have become the main framing crew.  We've framed 9 exterior walls so far and have 3 more to do.  Then we hope to move on to framing in a small mop room which should be fun to do. 

 WALL BEFORE FRAMING

SAME WALL AFTER FRAMING

Other people are doing the insulation after we frame and it’s nice to avoid that job.  Even with the newer insulation products from Roxul (manufactured here in Grand Forks), you still need to wear eye protection, masks and long sleeves.

READ ABOUT ROXUL: 

http://www.roxul.com/about+us/company/north+american+operations

Thanksgiving is just a week away and we’re going to make a traditional turkey dinner at home with all the trimmings.