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Happy Birthday Colter!
Yes, it’s true. Colter is now 16! And what a capable (and handsome) young man he has become! But he’ll never be too old for breakfast birthday cake. Or for hugging and goofing around with his siblings. Or for appreciating his Dad’s sense of humor. Happy Birthday, Colter! You’re an incredible, awesome son!
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Moving into the Soaproom
Once our new racks were set up, Lucky said we could start bringing more stuff into the soaproom. Each day we would fill the Hulk with something new. It took us several weeks, but eventually we had everything brought up to the soaproom (and mostly put away). Our extra USPS boxes were some of the first…
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Building the Soaproom
After the soaproom was framed and the roof was on, it was concrete time! Concrete truck after concrete truck arrived – a steady stream of them that left what would become the front yard of the soaproom a muddy mess filled with ruts everywhere. (Not that it bothered the kids – they love playing in the…
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Harvesting and Preserving Vegetables
In years past, we have spent many hours canning, dehydrating, fermenting, and freezing our fruits and vegetables. Lately, the children are eating more and more of the produce straight from the garden, so I find there is less need to preserve. Strawberries almost always go straight into everyone’s mouth. If there are extras, they get…
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July 2014 Soap Contest – Now Closed
It’s time for another Goat Milk Stuff contest! For this contest there will be 3 winners. We will be giving away 4 bars of Goat Milk Stuff Soap, 1 small lotion stick, 1 bug out spray trial, 1 tooth powder, and 1 hand sanitizer (retail value approx $50). The winner gets to choose the soap, lotion, and hand sanitizer scents. The Facts: Contest Begins: 7/1/14…
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The Home Orchard
Having access to our own fruit is absolutely wonderful. In our orchard we plant not only tree fruit, but berries as well. At the new house, we’re working on establishing our orchard. It’s still in the early stages and looks rough compared to my “dream garden“. But it will get there. Afterall, the first apple trees…
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How To Build a Cattle Panel Trellis
There are a lot of vegetable plants that benefit from being supported. For our tomatoes, we generally use tomato cages* that are strengthened with t-posts*. For other vining vegetables and berries, we use cattle panel trellises. To make the trellis, we pound in* four t-posts. Then we get a bunch of people to grab the cattle…
