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Show : 0"' ! ..... ., I r j lWy would anyone want to live all they way out In Castle Valley? Here ars lots of reasons, and this is just one. The scenery Castle Valley Comments. . . J Fall has really arrived and from my window snow is risible on the mountains. It is a beautiful sight. Winter is slowly creeping down the mountains to our valley. changes with each hour of the day. Spotlight In today's spotlight I want to give a special thanks and tribute to those who have helped many of us up here. Our first thanks goes to the merchants of Moab who have gone out of their way to help us find and obtain materials we have needed. We want to give thanks to Dave Johnson of the Department of Public Health and Cecil Shaffer of the Building Department. They have given al! ot us help and suggestions in obtaining our permits and fulfilling our code requirements. It is really great to be able to work with these people because they really care about you as an individual. individ-ual. Eldon Ray gets our special thanks too! He has spent many hours up here helping all of us, not only with his time, but with II III M'M P 111 llll Illl'limililillllllilHIP his equipment. Eldon is truly a generous man and we appreciate appreci-ate him. Our next thanks goes to Dutch and Chuck Zimmerman. Dutch digs, oops sorry Dutch, I mean drills wells. Dutch is another generous person who has gone the extra mile in helping many of us. Thanks! Earl Hotz has been so very helpful to all of us. Whenever something goes wrong, everyone every-one runs to Earl for help or to solve the problem. He always comes to our aid. Everyone in Castle Valley is greatful to all the wonderful people at the Castle Valley Institute. Everyone at the institute has helped one or more of us over here in many ways. We salute you! Homestead Hints Now that canning season has almost reached its end, do you still have vegetables and fruits around, but can't quite face, or stomach, the thought of canning one more thing. Cheer up. There is still a way to have your vegetables and eat them too. Have you thought or tried a root cellar. I'm not necessarily talking about a big elaborate, expensive expen-sive project. There are many ways to store your produce. The easiest way, and I'm w. LiuiLiMiuinmmBB doing this, this year, is to cover your root crops, (carrots, beets, turnips, etc.) with one foot or more of straw or leaves right in your garden. The straw cover will prevent the ground from freezing. When you want carrots for dinner, just grab a shovel and go dig some up. Easy! Another easy method for storing root crops invovles a garbage can. Dig a hole in the ground, preferably on the North side of the house, place the can in the ground up to the rim. But be sure the rim is still above the ground. In addition to being inexpensive, the garbage pail storage bins are water and rodent proof. Now, a little more is involved in storing this way. Use only the best of your produce. Place them in the can without washing them. If the vegetable's skins are dry, sprinkle with water as you put them in the cans. Be careful not to let water pool at the bottom of the can. Check, as winter progresses, to see if more sprinkling is needed. It is also a good idea to place straw over the top of your can to prevent any freezing at the top of the can. Homesteaders or city dwellers, dwel-lers, in the inflationary times it LA1 I. J 11 1 is worth a little extra effort to be able to have fresh vegetables vegeta-bles all winter. Next week we will explore more ways to store vegetables. Today's Thought The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts; and -the art of life is to have as many of them as possible. |