Yay progress

[msmemory_archive]

Unpacked the Table Linens box from Mother/Nana, and found places to put away a couple damask dinner cloths, some linen napkins, two lace tablecloths (one hand-tatted), several luncheon cloths, and half a dozen handkerchief-linen guest towels.

Plenty of room left in the Harry Potter closet for the films and photos from Daddy, also probably the projection equipment.

Finally got ahold of dauphin1974 who is going to make a test batch of his faux mead syrup this weekend, and probably will make all we need for the Mead Hall next month. Also got ballpark prices on his ingredients for the feast budget.

Very close to closing out the contract on Storage 1. I'm going to move that mattress and spring out of there, even if it means putting them out for the trash man, and carrying them myself, by the end of this week, and then I can stop paying for the unit effective this weekend. Because the person to whom I'm trying to give the bed set could buy a new one for what it would cost me to rent the storage on the old set for another month. Nyah!

If the weather is fine this weekend - even if cold - I'm going to measure the vegetable garden and start planning for my herbs & veggies, as well as what to do about the path and do I want raised beds in one corner or not? Basil, chives, rosemary, mint, tomatoes, and what else?

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[keshwyn]

Basil, chives, rosemary, mint, tomatoes, and what else?

Bell peppers? Sweet asian eggplant? Zuchinni maybe?
Oregano? Savory? Sage? Ciantro? Parsley?

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

I've never had sweet asian eggplant -- what's it like?

Am particularly looking for kitchen garden stuff that can grow in part shade, since I know half that patch is shaded in the afternoons.

[keshwyn]

If you don't like eggplant because you think it's bitter, then you might want to try asian eggplants instead. Depending on the variety, they're usually pale white and lilac -striped- instead of solid dark plum-colored, or long tentacular mild purple in color. And they don't require soaking in salt water for half an hour to leech the bitterness out. I love 'em. I take them and summer squash and fresh tomatoes and make chicken stew that I freeze and dig out over the winter when I'm starved for fresh veggies. :)

Oregano will grow anywhere, as far as I can tell, provided it gets enough water.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Not forgetting that I'm also still interested in iris rhizomes once we get to warm weather...

[keshwyn]

Yep, soon's the ground's not frozen anymore, I'll dig some up for you.

[galaneia.livejournal.com]

Chinese white radishes? They seem to be a bit sweeter than the red variety normally available. I'm rather fond of them in soups.

[jducoeur]

Plenty of room left in the Harry Potter closet for the films and photos from Daddy, also probably the projection equipment.

That's fine, but bear in mind that if the water main *ever* breaks, the Potter closet is ground zero. So make sure that the sentimental-value stuff is wrapped in something waterproof.

(The odds are against it happening, so I'm not too worried about the projectors and suitcases and stuff that can be replaced with some effort. But the irreplaceables we should be careful about, especially since it's clear that that line has broken at least once, sometime in the distant past...)