Herbs

We had warning of a hard freeze last night, so yesterday afternoon the Ragin' Mrs. and I spent a good portion of time pulling in everything from the garden that we could harvest.  Tomatos, squash, beans, and herbs.  We'd been harvesting and drying them for a little while, but yesterday we pulled everything we could out of the garden before the frost killed it.  So I currently have hanging in my kitchen some thyme, oregano, rosemary, dill, and two huge bunches of sage.

We also racked our batch of mead - meaning we transferred it from it's primary fermentation container to it's secondary fermentation container, where it will sit for about a month until it's ready to bottle.  As we were transferring it over, we tested it with a hydrometer to make sure of where the alcohol levels were at - it's approximately 15%, which is about where you want it to be.  But it's still sweet like mead should be; while we were working with it we could smell it; it was like ripe apples.  Good stuff.

And then I got to watch the Packers barely beat the Lions, while my Seahawks were getting assraped by St. Louis.

Sigh.