What Did You Do Today?

[Eric Krewson]

We had our fall muzzleloader get together this afternoon, great friends, great food and always fun when these like-minded folk get together and share knowledge about gun building and shooting our relics. The newest reproduction models we shot were probably from around the 1870s, the oldest was a hand cannon designed after one shot in the 13th or 14th century. I brought one that was a replica of a 1750s fowling gun (shotgun) as well as an 1810 version of a Tennessee squirrel rifle. I made both of my guns.

[Pappy]

As you said always fun with friends and like minded folks. 😊 Pappy

[Eric Krewson]

My son and granddaughter came up from Austin for Thanksgiving, we had an early Thanksgiving dinner so my granddaughter could get back to Austin for UT's last home game of before she graduates this spring and heads out into the world to make her fortune.

Everyone in the picture is a great cook so we had some amazing food, I am vacuum sealing and freezing the left over ham and fried turkey today.

My son, granddaughter and my special friend Carol;

[Eric Krewson]

Time to wrap up the part of the garden that can't stand the heavy frost that is coming tonight.

I dug a lot of Daikon radishes, they grow to china and I have found the long spade it the best way to get them out of the ground without breaking them. I ended up with 2 gallon bags packed full of washed and trimmed radishes.





Next I picked spinach, not because the frost will harm it but because I needed some in the frig. My bulging disc back issues wouldn't let me bend over to pick last week, with my old man knee stool I could manage it today, I picked two gallons of really nice spinach. I put up the rabbit fence this year, I tried trapping them in the past but couldn't catch any, they ate all of my spinach last year. This is the patch after I picked, I forgot to take a before picture.



Lastly I pulled my beets, there is a lot I don't know about growing them, this is my first attempt. They germinated very slowly and the grass took over, the beets were small. I wanted to pickle some, again my first attempt, I may have enough to fill a couple of pints.