To feed our family...

This morning, as I was waking, I felt very clearly the impression that I needed to stay in bed for awhile and allow my body to rest from yesterday's injury: damage - once again - to my C-section incision, something that I have been struggling with all summer long. Mixture of feelings at this moment: "Noooooo, wait! I was going to go out and work on the sundial garden this morning!" "That could be nice, a little extra rest..." "But I do morning milking! That would cause the children to be delayed on their chores to fill in where I would not be." And then there was the discovery that, due to menstrual cramps, my oldest would not be helping with chores, either, this morning.  So morning devotionals happened down in my bedroom, with my daughter dry heaving in the restroom from the pain. Two men down...yikes! So that I would not have to climb the stairs, breakfast was brought to me. I supplied my three wonderfully capable younger kids with a list of tasks t...

The mad dash has begun! What mad dash, you ask? The dash to keep up with all that the garden and animals are providing for us, to process and preserve enough food to last us through the slim times of winter. The goal is to store enough and then some: some to share, some for just in case, some because it is always good to have extra, and some because sometimes you need it to last you two winters. Today: Butchered 4 Cornish chickens and put into freezer 2 jars of pickled quail eggs 1 1/4 jars of Mexican Spice cheese balls in olive oil Started the fermentation process on a double quart jar of zucchini pickles Froze 3-4 gallons of milk for soap making Started a new round of kefir cheese