Remember I was saying we wouldn’t need to go out again until at least after Christmas?

Scratch that.

Well, technically, we didn’t need to go out.  But thanks to a generous gift from my FIL, and still reasonable temperatures for a few more hours, my husband and I dashed into the next town.  This allowed us to get a few more little things for Christmas (we start celebrating on Christmas Eve with our semi-traditional wigilia dinner) and some gas.  We were also able to get a gift for the girls – a much needed item that I know they will appreciate.  I’m glad we could get it now.

While we were chatting during the drive, I mentioned something I saw in our hamlet’s store when I was there last.  This is an old time sort of general store, which as some groceries, clothing, pet foods, etc, along with the liquor store and post office.  I had noticed a bag of deer feed (you can get hunting and fishing licenses here, too), and we talked about how it might be nice to put feed out for the deer when we can.

On the way home, we stopped at this store to pick up an item the big grocery store didn’t.  My husband just dashed in to get it. As much as he can dash, anyhow. LOL Well, our local store didn’t have it either.  Instead, he came out with a bag of deer feed!

Turns out, it’s incredibly cheap.

We will have to be careful about putting it out.  Small quantities, every couple of days, near the spruce grove.  Too much, too often, can harm the deer.  This way, they’ll have some supplemental food during the cold times, near the shelter of trees, and we’ll be able to see them from our living room window.

I’d love to find a way to have water out for them, too.  Water is always hard for wildlife to get at, this time of year.

In time, we want to include bird feed as well.  A nice little wildlife sanctuary around out home.

But that is for another time.

For now, I’ve started brining our turkey for tomorrow.  It’s a simple enough thing to do – so long as you have something big enough to immerse a turkey in!  Normally, I would use course salt and float lemon slices in the brine, along with other herbs and spices.  This year, I just went with lemon salt.  Another thing that’s very easy to make, which I’ll include in a separate post.

For now, it’s back to work.  Yesterday, we got all the cube shelves in place that I wanted in the dining room.  Now they need to be filled with the things want in them.  Which requires getting other stuff put away, at least temporarily, elsewhere.

I’m really looking forward to not having to dodge boxes, bins and furniture.

I can start by making the space I need to fit one last cube shelf into my office.

I do hope it actually fits!

The Re-farmer