Grow Palmer

Palmer is just the coolest town EVER!

I just found out about a non-profit organization called GROWPALMER who is planting vegetable gardens all along the old railroad tracks here in town. They also have some smaller barrels located along the main street. They fully intend for the general public to help themselves!

You need some lettuce for the burgers you’re grilling tonight? 

          Go take a walk downtown and get some. 

You have a hankering for some steamed collard greens? 

          They have that too! 

They even have plans in motion for a fruit orchard, but that will take time for the trees to mature.

All they ask in return is for you to weed a little bit while you harvest, or maybe water the gardens during a dry spell. And if you like what they are doing, I would ask that you donate to the cause.

Because who doesn’t like fresh veggies!

Catching Up

It’s been a while since my last post; so much for my resolution to post at least once a week! That’s a lot harder than it sounds on paper, let me assure you.

Bryan is still working on the catio. It’s going a lot slower than either of us really wanted – but at least it is progressing. The kittens are going to love it once it’s finished! I’ll have shelves for them at varying levels, connected with ramps and poles for them to climb on and get up high. I ordered a magnetic screen for the door into their room to keep the bugs out of our bedroom. Hopefully they will learn how to go through it (the kittens, that is – not the bugs)

Both Bryan and I love to cook, and he’s adventurous enough to indulge me when I say “Ooo! Let’s try this recipe!” even when it’s for things like pickled avocado or eggplant rollups (neither of which we’ll ever do again). We did make some fermented lemons and fermented salsa the other day that turned out really good, though. Next on our menu is going to be candied jalapenos

Bryan’s girls are up for a visit this week, so he’s been off doing things with them for most of the time. Lindsey came out a few days ago to see the place, and Jessica will come out tomorrow. I invited as many of my own family to join us each time for dinner so the girls would get a chance to meet my side.

We did a great hiking trip recently: a 3-day hiking/camping trip out at China Poot Bay. We drove to Homer Thursday after work, stayed at a cute little B&B in town, then took a water taxi out across the bay to Halibut Cove. We then hiked in about 3 miles up and over a small mountain to get to China Poot Lake – at least, that was our intent. Turns out the trail to the lake was washed out (the creek rerouted itself and obliterated the trail) so we had to turn around and hike back over the mountain to Halibut Cove and pitch our tent there. We had a good weekend anyway, fishing off the docks or going beach combing at the shore.