I have so many apples coming: how do you do your fruit leather? I really should get over my irritation at my dehydrator.
We are pretty much the inverse of your situation; we also don't pack neatly into the wheel but in the other direction. In the winter changes in the light are definitely noticeable so the timing on some of them feels right. And even with our short season I harvest stinging nettles and rhubarb long before the beginning of Aug. But also: last year never felt like summer at all, and this year we'll have maybe a total of six weeks max where it's warm enough not to have to worry about maybe taking a jacket or wearing long pants.
I tend to think of all the Official Days as times to stop, take a breath, and look around to acknowledge that change has happened. Without them it's suddenly the first frost and I have lost my location within time.
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Date: 2021-08-04 06:22 pm (UTC)I have so many apples coming: how do you do your fruit leather? I really should get over my irritation at my dehydrator.
We are pretty much the inverse of your situation; we also don't pack neatly into the wheel but in the other direction. In the winter changes in the light are definitely noticeable so the timing on some of them feels right. And even with our short season I harvest stinging nettles and rhubarb long before the beginning of Aug. But also: last year never felt like summer at all, and this year we'll have maybe a total of six weeks max where it's warm enough not to have to worry about maybe taking a jacket or wearing long pants.
I tend to think of all the Official Days as times to stop, take a breath, and look around to acknowledge that change has happened. Without them it's suddenly the first frost and I have lost my location within time.