Luzula

This is the final tally! Let me know if you want to check in late or I missed you somewhere. trobadora is doing January, so head over there now. Good work everyone! \o/ I didn't manage to write on New Year's Eve, though I did successfully make soufflé for the first time--turns out it isn't difficult. But I did write on the 1st, more than an alibi sentence at least.

Now back home, which is a relief. Farm things done:
- Moving part of a pile of gravel from one place to another with a shovel and wheelbarrow (gravel is HEAVY).
- Pruning down the grapevine that was already here when we came. It's a Vitis labrusca 'Zilga', very hardy, but we only got one cluster of grapes on it this year (rather sour ones). But I think that was our fault for not pruning it in the summer, so it was just a mass of leaves.
- Pruning some wild hazel bushes into a vase shape which is supposed to make them yield more nuts.
- Feeding the ducks! And talking with the ducks! Awww, I've missed them.
- Making pickled beetroots.

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Day 28: Busy with family; alibi sentence. How about you?

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Day 28: luzula, china_shop, badly_knitted, trobadora, brithistorian, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, cornerofmadness, garonne, brithistorian,

Day 29: luzula, china_shop, garonne, brithistorian,

Please check in here! It is late and I had a little alcohol, so I am too tired to write a proper post. Did not write. Will edit in the tally later. As for my farm news, we drank my homemade cherry wine, which came out great.

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Day 26: china_shop, the_siobhan, badly_knitted, sanguinity, trobadora, goddess47, cornerofmadness, the_siobhan,

Day 27: the_siobhan

Day 24: Alibi sentence. So much family time (mostly in a good way)! How about you?

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Day 24: luzula, china_shop, trobadora, badly_knitted, goddess47, sylvanwitch, cornerofmadness, sanguinity

Day 25: luzula

Bonus farm news: So much delicious Christmas food! Mmmmmmmm.

Day 22: 100 words of longfic, on a busy pre-Christmas day. How about you?

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Day 21: china_shop, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, chanter1944, goddess47, sanguinity, cornerofmadness

Day 22: badly_knitted, trobadora, goddess47, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, chestnut_pod

Bonus farm news: I had no idea about the existence of Cucurbita melo var. flexuosus, a k a the cucumber melon! I totally want to try that. Also check out this very cool long-storage cucumber. Must try that as well.

Day 20: 200 words of longfic! How about you?

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Day 20: luzula, china_shop, sanguinity, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch

Day 21: china_shop

Bonus farm news: Spent some time cutting off spruce branches that were hanging too low over the gravel road (i e lower than 4.5 meters), as is, alas, my responsibility as land owner. This involved a ladder, a climbing harness and some rope, and a long-handled pruning saw.

We had an early Christmassy meal together before my housemates leave to spend Christmas with their respective families. The meal ran late, and I suppose I could have written after that, but instead I browsed Smitten Kitchen before writing an alibi sentence. Ah well, so it goes. Found some recipes to try, at least.

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Day 18: sanguinity, badly_knitted, trobadora, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, goddess47, brithistorian, cornerofmadness, carenejeans

Bonus farm news: Today we ate, among other things, British mince pies and Swedish ris à la Malta (which they probably do not make in Malta). The latter is a Christmas dessert made from rice porridge and whipped cream, mixed with pieces of chopped orange. To go with it, I make a sauce with red wine, lingonberry jam, ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon.

No writing, alas, but tomorrow I have a writing session with my beta reader, so hopefully that'll get me going again. How about you?

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Day 16: china_shop, brithistorian, sanguinity, trobadora, badly_knitted, garonne, goddess47, garonne

Day 17: china_shop, garonne

Bonus farm news: Housemate made parmesan cheese (well, it will be after a year's storage) which gave us 20 liters of whey as a byproduct, which I am now boiling down to Scandinavian whey "cheese". It's brown and sweet from the caramelized sugar of the whey, and not actually cheese. (Note: we do not have cows. We bought the milk from a farmer's market.)

Writing was on my to-do list, but unfortunately it had too much competition, and now I'm too tired. How about you?

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Day 14: china_shop, goddess47, badly_knitted, chestnut_pod, trobadora, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, carenejeans

Bonus farm news: Today I ate common salsify root for the first time. Tastes kind of like sunchoke/Jerusalem artichoke?

200 words of longfic again! How about you?

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Day 12: luzula, goddess47, trobadora, badly_knitted, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, chestnut_pod

Bonus farm news: I was applying my new-won knowledge of proper lifting technique today when I was stacking firewood, and did every instance of picking up wood very mindfully, and lo, it works! \o/ It didn't make my back tired, and it feels like my butt got a workout. : D I'm really trying to ingrain this, and using it even when just picking up a sock from the floor, but it does take some time to make it automatic.