Beets....

It's a day of domesticity for me! laundry done, and now i'm into making soup! We grow loads of wonderful vegetables, and beets are one of our favorites. There are 2 feed bags half full of beets in the root cellar, along with bags of turnips, potatoes and carrots. No matter how often we eat the veggies, there comes a time when i notice that they start to go rotten.... the beets especially, start to go a bit soft and if we don't eat them basically every day, we loose them. This breaks my heart....we put a lot of time and energy into the garden (mostly Terry, Richard and the WWoofers) so i am making a very huge batch of beet borscht.....we'll eat some today but then i'm going to freeze it in containers - and just hope that i remember in a few months time!!

another cabin to prepare today...this time i have 3 beds to make up!!!
But the good news is it is +5 out there today....i think it's the first day for months that it's been above freezing...yahooo~!

Happy International Women's day: and just a in case you weren't aware of some of things women have invented:

Bette Nesmith Graham - Correction fluid (1951)
Stephanie Kwolek - Kevlar (1964)
Mary Anderson - Windscreen wiper (1903)
Tabitha Babbitt - Circular saw (1813)
Marion Donovan - Disposable diaper (1946)
Hedy Lamarr - Advances in torpedo technology (1940)
Josephine Cochrane - Dishwasher (1886)
Martha J. Coston - Signal flare (1859)
Anna Connelly - Fire escape (1887)
Ruth Graves Wakefield - Chocolate chip cookie (1930)

pretty damn good going eh!!!