Ok, It needs to stop raining!!! My land is flooded, we needed to lay down boards on one of the gateways because the critters are walking though it and its just a mud trap, and neither they or me want to walk though that kind of mud.. but worst of all, the old cellar is acting like its that special two weeks in spring and flooding, the sump pump is working overtime, the wet vac is working overtime and so is the dehumidifer which is not winning the war..  No signs of a good hard freeze up is in sight yet. Thankfully we plan the use of the cellar for the regular spring issues (everything up off the cement, on blocks etc..

However in the seven years we have been here we have never had a winter floodout, only ever the spring issue, and so I was not expecting it, and that meant I had left a few things on the ground in plastic blue box’s that I often use for really good air flow.. needless to say, part of today was spent, srubbing and processing things for later use so that there was no waste..

As my hubby and I said, don’t just plan for the typical, we must be prepared for the unexpected as well.. so true..

On the other side of things, I got one batch of pressure canning done today, I did six quart jars of the base for a winter squash soup, It has broth, butternut, carrot, potato, onion and celery, and salt/pepper, so I will be able to pour into the pot, blend and just finished it off with milk, and garnish.. got to love having that kind of help in the house.. as I was not about to waste that extra seventh spot, I did a jar of green pea’s for green pea soup.

Only other things that got done extra today was DH, gave those slopping wet outside bird pens a clean out, and we put fresh bedding on the inside deep litter pens as well..

I took the afternoon off and went to my Pie, wine and knit girls outing, the little ones are growing so fast, and the visit was delightful, C had gotten a new pressure canner and we did its first water test so she could see how it was done. Dh was working from home today so he got to babysit the farm while I had a little girls time..

How was your day? Did you get anything on your list done? Did you get something not on your list done but none the less it was a good extra that was just begging you to work on?