CABIN PROGRESS: A TOUR.
We started moving some furniture in last week, and suddenly....it really feels like a home around here! Things will surely be rearranged, walls and closets still need to be built, but for now...we are pretty much in love with it.
And it seems like the Wendell bear is loving it, as well.
THIS & THAT.
Some random photos from the past week.
We had a long, hot day of harvesting garlic. But it was worth it!
Today, we will be making lots and lots of blackberry wine!
Adorable little turtle friend!
One of Little Seed's piggies found a creative way to cool off.
The kids learned how to identify mushrooms with spore prints.
GOAT'S MILK AND GUINEAS.
We were oh-so-happy to spend last Sunday with our friends at Little Seed Farm. As before, we loved playing with all of the animals...but this time, we arrived early enough to help out with the milking!
But the real reason we were there: another bartering session! Our tick problem is completely OUT OF CONTROl - and we have been desperate for guineas, which are notorious for their pest controlling abilities. Lucky for us, Little Seed's guineas hatched out some keets last week! So we brought them honey and mushrooms and took home seven guinea keets and a few pullets as well. It is definitely cuteness overload at the farmstead right now.
- Hannah.
THE GOOD FOOT PROJECT.
We had some of our very first visitors to the cabin a few weeks back - JC and Anastasia of the Good Foot Project!JC and I were able to connect through a mutual relative (and the amazing powers of Facebook). He and Anastasia had left behind their life in Los Angeles, bought an RV and were headed across the country for a year of WWOOFing (volunteering on farms) and learning about sustainability. So, when they asked if they could make a stop in Bugtussle, we of course said yes! And although we didn't make the best of hosts, what with our primitive way of life these days, we were happy to have them - showing them around the farm, loving on their sweet Mattie dog, and staying up waaaay past our bedtime with conversations and beers on the porch.
Follow their blog or Facebook page to keep up with the adventures to come - I have a feeling life has some pretty amazing things in store for these lovely folks.- Hannah.