making the best of what we've got
We did it! We made sausage. Sure, it was in October but hey, with four kids, two plus months to sit down and write up a blog is not bad, right? During our last barter fair of the season, we were fortunate enough to barter some jam and super spicy peppers for two rabbits (freezer…
During this time of the year, we usually have plethora of eggs! Paul rides his bike to work now days and it’s hard to make him a fresh breakfast every day–its difficult for him to transport. So, I make a bunch of breakfast burritos and freeze them. I blogged about this in the past so…
BABIES! There are babies everywhere! June 13th was a good day to be born. It was our son’s birthday, chicks hatched and baby bunnies were born. Honey welcomed her liter of 6 beautiful kits (one all white, three black (just like papa) and 2 mixed white/black (like Honey). Debbie or her sister (I am starting…
It’s that time of the year again. Time to start jammin! Strawberries are in, raspberries and cherries are to follow. We are getting very excited about the next few months of productive labor to preserve food for the rest of the year. Every year I think I have enough and every year, by March we…
It seems like this spring has been exceptionally wet! The last few days have been nice and sunny. Perhaps too hot for humans and rabbits but the tomatoes and the rest of the garden is enjoying the heat. We took a gamble and put our starts into the ground about three weeks too early this…
We got babies–9 bunny babies! Just like our human babies, bunny babies were a surprise. Just like our babies we have no clue what we are doing. This is often the theme of our life, blessings and surprises. We must be an awesome team because we can tackle anything together. We have a strong…
Happy Easter 2017!! I am officially over my fear of baking with yeast, so I thought that this year, it would be good to try baking the traditional Kulich, Russian Easter bread. I was hoping to use my mom’s recipe (her mom’s and grandma’s recipes, so very special to my heart). I would love to…
It’s done! It’s done!! Our greenhouse is up and semi-functional!! It is not perfect, but it was within our reach and we will customize it to make it fit our needs. We are so proud of ourselves!!! It took us longer than we hoped but we did it!!! Now we put in some shelving and…
Some random pictures of our first week of spring–thanks for visiting!
Spring is here–wait, it snowed earlier this week but I am pretty sure it’s on its way, around the corner! Feeling very blessed!! The perennial garden is coming back to life! Fluttershy and Oreo enjoying their time roaming the backyard Potatoes are going in! Emphasizing container gardening this season! The girls are in…