I should be mulching

Photo by Becky (cocoa by Becky too)

There is a lot of ice and I need to put straw on the perennials and the herb garden. However, I don't have any straw. Dang! It is just going to have to wait until we get some. Hope I don't lose my "Stuff" flower!


December 8th 1874 was a Monday. On that day Charles Thurwood of Fort Plain NY said,
Snowy and stormy and in the forenoon we worked in the woods and in the afternoon we was to home and at night we went up to Dunkel's and Till and I went down to Daniel Dunkel's.



December 8th 1928 was a Saturday and my great grandmother, Hattie Lippencott said, "I baked mince and pumpkin pies. Helen (my grandma) came up on the afternoon bus. Rather cold. Mrs. Armour paid me $15 on board

From the diaries and from home

From Charles Thurwood diary 1874 Fort Plain, NY Warm and showery and I worked fro Ab Dunckel worked in the hop yeard and in the afternoon we had thunder showers and rained very hard and our colt got sick and Dunckel came down at night 20 eggs

From Hattie Lippencott diary 1928 i went to church but not SS school as Amelia and Addy came to dinner. They went to church also. Mate came over. We went to church in the evening.

Here at Northview in 2007;

I wrote about how much I enjoyed black locust trees in bloom in the Farm Side this week and a friend called to let me dig a couple in his daughter's yard. Liz and I went and got them and Alan planted them for me. ***Update-the darned things died within days. Have to try again this fall.



The lovage is nearly as high as my head and coming into bloom now. Other, smaller herbs are also doing well. Mulching with straw brought all the thymes through the winter and the variegated pineapple mint finally made it through as well. The so-called yellow lilac I have been nurturing for years is finally going to bloom. Doesn't look too spectacular though. The garden pond is fully functional, at least in part because I broke down and used algae killer on it. Makes for much clearer water. There will be a water lily in bloom today, plain white, but pretty just the same.



The boss dug me up some ground with the skid steer so I got more tomatoes, beans, and some squash in. Not nearly as much as I would like and the cats already broke one tomato off, but I am glad to have a few things planted anyhow. It is about as nice a season as New York has to offer

Today in 1874 and 1928

From the diary of Charles Thurwood, Farmer, Fort Plain NY 1874

Clear and pleasant but windy and I was at home most all day and in the afternoon I and Rover went a hunting and Henry got shout (shot?) and his brother was here a wile and at night we all went up to Dunckels.
15 eggs and 1 goose egg

From the diary of Hattie Lippincott, my great grandmother 1928

I did some making up work and mending etc. Mabel came over

April 19, 1928

From the diary of Hattie Lippincott, NY

Helen came up. She put my bedding out to air and took things out of Myrtle's room. We had a boiled dinner. Esther ate with us.


***Helen was my grandmother, raised by Hattie.