Let me just say that although I haven’t had time to blog about it, this place has been hopping! Although it has been crazy busy, we are absolutely LOVING it! Here are some of the projects we have been working on during the month of June:
- We have been picking currants. So far we have been eating them fresh, freezing them in gallon size freezer bags and even canning currant pie filling.
- Harvested the yukon gold potatoes.
Quinton “helping” Eli dig
- Built high tensile fence on three sides of the west 40 acres and laid 1500′ of water pipe on that same property. (We are setting it up for Management Intensive Grazing (MiG))
- We’ve taken out .5 mile of old fence and replaced it with a new 5 strand barbwire fence (minus the hedge posts that are coming next week.)
- Creatively repaired the windmill enough so that it was functional (okay I have to tell you more about this.) Thanks to my husband’s ingenuity we used a ratchet strap and a rock to get the windmill working until the water well people could get here. 🙂
It’s hard to see but it is pumping water with the ratchet strap/rock setup
- Harvested the first of the zucchini and yellow squash, and then some more squash…
- Canned cherry pie filling and cherry-rhubarb pie filling
- Replaced the plywood on the back portion of our camper roof that leaked during the rain. We knew it had some water damage previously but the people we bought it from thought they had the leak stopped. After taking off the rubber roofing, we could see that it had leaked for a while.
Taking off the roof and exposing the VERY deteriorated plywood
The four big kids got to spend a little over a week spoiling the grandparents at the beginning of June. During that time, Scott and I were able to take off for a weekend and go to the Teaching Parents Association Homeschool Conference in Wichita and see friends that live near there (and even got to help process pasture raised chickens!) We really enjoyed our “mini”vacation.
Take care during all this heat!
Blessings,
Jennifer
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How busy. It looks like you have a lot going on. I’m very interested in the currents and potatoes. I’m wondering if mine are ready. I would love to try the cherry pie filling.
Jen – how good to hear eveyone is doing well and busy. the pictures make the words come alive.
And oh, how thankful are your friends for your chicken processing help and expertise! Wow Jennifer! I thought I was busy!! But loving my change of busy-ness – can’t get enough of my baby fill. Just want to hold him and kiss him all day because doggone it, these babies keep growing up!!
Nice! 🙂 thanks for sharing an inspiring slice of daily life!