today i washed out the tall pack basket with the canvas straps
tomorrow i will start a game of hide and seek
throughout the house and barn
to fill it with all the detritus of running
an 18th century kitchen

1. the cast iron pots all have to be burnt and seasoned
2. locate my tomahawk, i will need that, the frontier is a brutal place
3. spoons and utensils and s-hooks
4. the wooden bowls and pottery mugs
5. the mint tea i collected from the garden last year and dried
6. staples, like corn meal and salt, all in period appropriate containers
7. receipt books, because recipes were unheard of
8. the seeds i saved, can't remember what they came from, just from the area out of the garden where i collected them -- guess that will be a surprise for later
9. vessels for collecting water
10. spinning wheel and wool roving, though it won't fit in the basket

I guess that's a start. Maybe now I won't dream that I come to the fort completely unprepared for the first day of the season.