Rebekah Harmon

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! I found an editor! Things are really going to move along now!

Angel, did you ever find a place to rent or buy in kentucky?

Looking for a content editor. Know any??

A second big milestone today: I finished self-editing my book! The transitions are more smooth. The themes I wanted to pull out are more clear. The characters are more distinctive. I have a couple folks alpha-reading it now, so I expect another round of adjustments to the manuscript before I submit it to a few publishers.

It's comming along!! 😁

Today I am harvesting and weeding at the same time! I am expanding my Asparagus patch, but it already has Orach growing in it! And grass and other weeds.
Orach is like lambs quarters' burly cousin. It has thicker leaves and stems. Its yummy at this very young stage. It can be purple or green, depending on soil nutrition.

The orach got washed for packing/eating. The other weeds went to the rabbits. They LOVE dandelions and alfalfa.

I have only ever frozen this/other greens in plastic freezer bags. This year, I am trying to use freezer paper (one side is waxed. It feels just like butcjer paper.)

Anyone else use a plastic-free method for freezing greens?

The bees are home and happy!

I harvested 2 gallons of honey from a dead-out hive so I could re-use the frames for the new carnelian packages.

That's 92,000 calories, y'all!

Wow, Ulla! No, I haven't tried salt-preserving yolks. I will have to try that now! 🥰 thanks for sharing the recipe.

I did freeze dry a batch of eggs! The greasy-powder is strange!

Ive got several chapters sorted now, on page 40 out of 120. A third of the way through!

Specifying tone and character is engaging! I love it 😀  deleting stuff that isn't necessary for the whole story arch is.... more difficult than I expected.

Anyways! Time to hire a content editor soon, I expect. Any favorites to suggest?

Last week, I harvested and dried spearmint. Maybe mint in the greenhouse was a bad idea. 😏

I also pulled up loads of dandelions as I weeded garden beds last week. Getting ready to plant things this spring.

But this week, my kid broke her hand! So a lot of food preservation is waiting.....

In the meantime, I'm pulling salads out of the greenhouse, giant spuds from the root cellar, a sunchoke a day and a couple green onions a day on my salads.

I'm also picking up a packet of bees tomorrow!! So far, I've ordered them twice and they havent made it through the winter. I took a bee keeping class to try and learn what I'm doing wrong. I've got new ideas this season!

Sarah Joubert wrote: I'm willing to change my diet to build a better world, but I can't see a nutritional reason to force someone to eat sunchokes every day!

HAH! Sarah! Thats hilarious! And I totally agree with you. They aren't bad on a salad. I could eat a little one every day on the side somehow. But they aren't a delicious way to fill a plate.