For weeks, I'd prioritized the garden, ignoring tasks at home until they became urgent. Now, it was time to catch up on, well, everything. It was too wet for most garden work anyway. I used the time inside to bake crackers, infuse a lemon balm syrup, and catch up on the million things I hadn't done.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 A wet day 00:58 The growing todo list 01:34 Making lemon balm syrup 02:46 A quick lunch 03:12 Crackers from forgotten bread 04:59 Chopping potatoes for canning 05:59 Storing our potatoes 06:51 Harvesting walnuts 07:21 Saving chili seeds 07:54 A dinner from the air fryer 08:18 Saving melon seeds 08:34 The next project waits