Well, it’s done for now!
My second attempt at making a probiotic fermented vegetable type of sauerkraut.
Click here to read about the first attempt, and step-by-step.
And here, so see how it failed, and my thoughts on why. :-(
With that as a learning experience, I made a few changes this time.
Continue readingTwo years ago today, we were finally reunited as a family. We had some close calls on the drive over, but we made it.
Our work was just beginning. We had almost an entire house to pack before we could have our own stuff delivered. But we muddled our way through and managed to survive it more or less intact! ;-)
A year later, much work had been accomplished over the summer, and we were using what we learned over our first winter to try and solve some problems for our second.
Thankfully, we don’t have to rig anything up again this year!
Little by little, we’re working things out. :-)
Who knows. A few more years, and we might have it all figured out. ;-)
The Re-Farmer
Two years ago, the movers arrived.
So began what was probably the worst move we’ve had.
Okay, so there may have been one other that was worse, but that was because we all came down with the flu and got so sick, I actually collapsed from illness and exhaustion. Which has never happened to be before or since.
But we didn’t have to deal with a moving company that time. They were supposed to make things better. Not worse! Having to spend hours in the van, with the cats, trying to keep our plants and fish from freezing didn’t help, either.
A year later saw things much improved. Rather than having to deal with all the hassles of moving, we were into our routine of keeping this place going –
– and sometimes finding damage done by the deer that were visiting regularly!
The Re-Farmer
The cider vinegar I made using our crabapples was due to be ready somewhere between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, or to taste.
I checked the flavour somewhere in between then, before moving it to the fridge. Here is what it looks like.
Continue readingI’m a bit behind on this, as the last surviving jar of sauerkraut was ready almost 2 weeks ago.
This sauerkraut is from a very basic, small batch recipe. You can check out the making of it in this step-by-step post. (link will open in a new tab)
Continue readingWe are coming up on our two year anniversary of all 4 of us moving from the big city in another province, so my family farm.
Continue readingIt warmed up a little bit today, so we got to work on winterizing the sun room. When that was done, I was even able to modify the shelf we have outside the sun room into a cat shelter.
What a job it was, too!!
Continue readingSo… things did not turn out as planned, today.
Not by a long shot!!
The plan for the day was, go into town and drop the cats off to get snipped when the vet opened at 9am, then head to the town our garage is in to start the process of getting winter tires through the insurance company’s loan program, then head home until it was time to pick the cats up at 4.
The first hitch in our plans happened before we even left.
Continue readingToday, I finally was able to get working on the old dog houses, getting them ready for winter! :-)
The first thing on the list was to take off the tarp I’d put over them temporarily, and take down the rope I’d used to hold it up.
Since I was there anyway, I decided to do something about the fallen tree beside them. It’s too big to add to the chipping pile, so I just cut it into three and pulled the top of it out of the trees it had fallen on.
In the process, I noticed something.
Continue readingAfter a lovely surprise, finding my dear friend had sent us a heated water bowl for the outside cats, we later opened my husband’s packages to see if the one he had ordered was in.
It was.
But it was not quite what I expected.
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The Re-Farmer 