Pickup is now in the driveway ...

Even though the barge was facing delays due to weather, the pickup has made it to the island and is now in the driveway!

Barge Is In Dutch ...

Great news! The barge is holing up in Dutch Harbor at the moment, trying to stay out of the storm's way (incoming). They will probably be a little bit delayed - around the 13th or 14th. At least the pickup is still attached!

The Move Has Begun ...

Today our pickup with a cabful of pots and pans and sewing machines and tools and a bed loaded with a Baker's Choice stove and five-gallon buckets of foodstuffs was loaded on a barge headed for the island. It should arrive by April 10th.

This post links to Homestead Blog Hop 74

Stocking a New Pantry

When it takes $1.00 a pound, plus fragility insurance, to ship hundreds of filled glass preserving jars, I will be purchasing a lot of dehydrated foods to ship in their place.

Gardening in a Marine Climate

Although my seaside cottage lies in the same hardiness zone [8a] as Brussels, Belgium, the subpolar oceanic climate will surely prove a challenge.

A New Beginning ...

From a tiny 1-bedroom farmhouse with creaky stairs and an established herb garden, potager and mini-orchard

to a 4-bedroom ranch-style home with only a matted lawn and no trees in sight.

Join me as I begin again ...

Go West Young Man!

Adak is the farthest West you can live in America [and not have top-secret clearance].