I posted a blog with a ton of questions about a week ago. It was SO fun getting everyone’s responses and input! Behold, the answer post! I’m not saying these are necessarily the right answers, but they’re the answers I got! Or maybe just the most popular answers, in some cases. If you read the whole comment section, most of this will be old news, but I’m doing it anyway! Lol! Bear with me.
- Where can a person find yeast? I found some through a fundraiser! It will happen once a week, so you can get in on it, too! I did have to buy a pretty good amount, but I’ll throw it in the freezer! That being said, I can’t open the door tooooo far, but if someone needs some, I’d like to share here and there! Feel free to ask!
2. CERB questions. Thank you, Nancy, for answering a ton of questions and pointing me towards the people to call! Brady and I were both able to apply for CERB! It was a quick, easy application process, but we haven’t seen the money yet. Mine will come later because I prefer hard copy cheques to direct deposit (I know, I know, the govt doesn’t like that but I have my reasons, haha!) but Brady’s should show up really soon. We could only apply on Thursday, and then it was a holiday weekend, so hopefully this week!
3. The best way to grow raspberries is in a non-annoying where they won’t spread! Hahaha! Or more accurately, somewhere I’m ok with them spreading. It seems they’re no nonsense and don’t require a ton of sun, but DO require a ton of water. I didn’t know that! I think an underground planter is my favorite idea, so they stay contained, but are still down in the ground and insulted, with a better hope of wintering! (Krista, wanna share raspberries under the fence?? Lol!) My one concern with planting them in a buried planter is, will they keep showing up year after year? Or will I have to be fussing with new soil every couple of years? Can anyone help?
4. The little space between my walkway and my garage is still up in the air. I like the idea of succulents probably the best, but I’m not sure they’d get enough sun. Maybe just some basic flowers this year and see what happen next year. Maybe planters. My IDEAL would be succulents, honestly, but I just don’t know enough about them. The ones on my windowsill are doing well though!
5. A food bearing tree for the front yard. I had a few ideas. I like the idea of cherries the best. But I don’t want sour cherries. Here’s the thing. I am not especially concerned about having a tree in my front yard, but if I had one, I’d want it to be a fruit tree. If I can’t find one I really want, we’ll just not have a tree. I did toy with the idea of having a lilac tree, but apparently their season to flower is super short. Which is disappointing. I wanted a purple tree! Anyone surprised by that? Didn’t think so.
6. National parks. Closed 😭 I’m SO sad. Our whole summer could be thrown for a loop if this doesn’t let up soon. We miss Waskesiu already. Literally, the FIRST day of quarantine, the kids made packing lists for Waskesiu…
Last summer feels so far away already 😩
7. Dropping stuff off for people during the quarantine. Surfaces. All that stuff. Not too many responses on this, except one loving friend who said they would happily accept drop offs from my family ❤️ So that was REALLY nice. We dropped paska off at a very small handful of people’s houses, and I just asked first. There are of course people who are just saying no to be super extra safe, and I have ALL the respect for that!! But, for us, a big part of this is trusting my close people that, if they had ANY symptoms or concerns, they wouldn’t even offer. I’m hoping and trusting my people to be smart and not to put their people at risk. We are doing our part, and our best, and I’m happy there are people around us who are willing to accept us 🙂
8. NO ONE has new quarantunes??? 🎶 Just keeping them to yourselves?? Fine fine fine. I’ll share a few of ours with you! We’re enjoying “Never Seen the Rain” By Tones and I (same band who wrote Dance Monkey) and “The Lotto” by Ingrid and AJR. Check them out!
9. The best way to support your people was only addressed once, but I think the answer was bang on, and I can vouch for its truth, too. Just check in with your people. It feels small and insignificant, but it isn’t. We could not be doing as well as we’re doing if not for the handful of people who regularly ask how we are and what we might need. It goes a LONG way, because even when we don’t directly NEED anything, it feels reassuring to know we could ask if we needed!
10. Seeding grass. Spring or Fall. Either or. I think what is going to make this decision for me will be what kind of topsoil we can get around here. We are technically allotted free topsoil from our build, but its just hanging in a field, LOADED with quack grass. If we could potentially get better topsoil somehow, I’d be inclined to get that and seed in Spring, but if any and all topsoil is going to be loaded with weeds, then we’ll likely spend the summer getting rid of them and seed in Fall. But I’d SO much rather seed earlier in the season!! It also depends on if the landscaping people we have in mind are back to work. If we’re on our own, it’ll look different. Either way, the material for our shed is on order! Woot!
11. Fence or grass first. Fence all across the board. Boom. Decided.
12. Butchered pig. I got a couple of names of people around here to call! Thank you!!
13. Not much on fresh fish. One offer to potentially share if there is excess, which I GREATLY appreciate!! I’ll have to post on Facebook when the season truly starts, and see if we can buy some off my local fishing friends here and there!
14. Aaaaand detangler was the last question!! Most people said they made a heavily diluted conditioner spray, but the orange creamsicle one from the Honest company sounds pretty great, too! Options! Woot!
So this was maybe the most fun blog I’ve ever done 😆 Such clear proof that we all live different lives, prioritize different things, and know different information. I SO appreciate all of these answers! Please, feel free to fill in anywhere you want to! I am HAPPY to receive more information on these subjects absolutely any time!