Chop Chop... :-)

I have an axe. :-D


I got it the other day.
It is fairly light weight, and has a good stainless-steel head on it.

I'm using it to cut squash. :-D

Wood, eventually, will be added to the list of things to chop. :-)

It's hanging in my kitchen.

I like it.

I like having an axe in my kitchen.

I like the opportunity to practice my aim. :-)
Have discovered that my aim is pretty horrible: I cut open a "Sweet Meat" squash -- heirloom variety, currently available at Loblaws -- and it took quite a few wacks, and no small amount of flying squash.
I've decided that covering said squash in tinfoil before cooking is a good idea, as that will allow for some steam to work its magic at the same time as the heat does.

But. I now have Sweet Meat seeds for planting next year. :-)
I will also have "blue kuri" (similar to red kuri/gold nugget) hubbard squash.

You know those "garden tours" that people do for charity. E.G.: Pay $20 and tour half a dozen really awesome and beautiful gardens in the city?
I would kind of like to have a tourable garden that consisted almost entirely of food plants. So: many varieties of squash and beans, plus beds of partridge- and blue- berries (and juniper berries), bramble berries of all sorts and hardy roses, currants, service/saskatoon/honey berry trees, Cortland apples (and possibly one other variety), and all sorts of edible wild ("wild") greens and flowers and stuff. :-)


( Lists of squash and beans )

Lots of good fun, I say. :-)