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New Tractor Implements

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Hi everyone, it's guest author Chad at the keyboard today, for a long-delayed post about this year's collection of toys, I mean, tools! These were a massive pain to get delivered.  When we ordered the tractor, we paid extra for liftgate service, which is a smaller truck with a lift on the back for them to deliver items at ground level.  Then we got a call from the freight carrier, saying that they didn't have such a thing!  We ended up bringing our trailer up, and having a forklift operator come down to the parking lot to drop it in. This time, that's what we planned for: pickup at the depot.  It was too wet to repeat the direct-to-trailer operation, I couldn't source a dock-height rental truck (for real businesses only!!!), and in the end, we found out that liftgate service  was  available.  We just had to wait until the truck didn't have other customers scheduled. Here I am in our garage with the delivery at the end of May.  The chipper/shredder...
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The Big Storm

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 On September 2 2026, we got hit by a bad storm.  It's been really stressful, and now that it's been more than a week, I would like nothing more than to forget about the whole thing.  But Chad and I like to keep records of these things, so that we can look back and remember what happened in our lives.  So here's a story of what happened. I had heard early in the day that we would possibly have bad storms, so I made sure to get the laundry done, get dinner made, go pick all of the veggies in the garden, get loose things out of the yard like the plastic chairs and such.  And for extra precaution, we got our cat carriers out of storage and had them sitting in the dining room.  Doing this made them easy to get to if we needed them, but it also helps the cats get used to them a little better so they're not instantly afraid when the carriers come out.  We made it through most of the storm with nothing very interesting happening.  A little drizzle, a lit...
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Produce Progress

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One reason I haven't been writing much lately, is because of my garden.  It has been one fantastic garden year, which has kept me busy almost every day for at least since the beginning of August, slicing and blanching and freezing and pickling, harvesting and cooking and weeding.   I've never gotten so many vegetables in my life, and it's been a real education for me in being steadfast and showing up every day to do the work whether I feel like it or not.  It has been so rewarding in so many ways, and I'm so glad I've been able to put up so much good food for the winter.  However, I'm so glad it's coming to a close! My garden was hit by a bad storm about a week ago (that's a future post!), and so many plants are finally done producing.  What's left won't requite so much work to put up.  Cabbage and carrots and rutabagas will happily sit in the fridge for months, staying fresh and delicious.  Ground cherries just need to be picked and frozen, pret...
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