I've disappeared, I know... but I do have an excuse other than the summer cannery and garden mayham.
We might be moving.
About a month ago I was going to a garage sale, the property was awesome and the gal had a small sign on the side of the house that said (for sale by owner). She gave me her card and told me to call back in a few weeks when she got the appraisal back. So in the mean time we've been getting our house ready for a possible sale. Our hope is to bridge loan, purchase that property, move all the livestock and sell this one.
I have had no time for blogging, between cleaning and staging this house on top of all the garden, canning, yard work, and livestock chores I've been swamped! But that is where we are.... once we know more and things slow down a bit I will post more regularly, or if I have exciting moving to our farm news!
26 August 2011
08 August 2011
Wild Food exploits
I love hunting for wild foods, I'm really new at it but I find it a ton of fun. Jake and I scouted out elderberry bushes and huckleberries this weekend. We didn't find any huckleberries, they are elusive and well guarded. As far as elderberries go, I was unsure if the shrub/tree down the block was one, but after our friends pointed them out when we were in Idaho I am convinced this and several across the street are elderberries.
This weekend we had a fair bit of thimbleberries and a few dewberries. Those are always good, but we can never harvest enough to put up. Maybe if we lived in an area they grew and could go harvest every few days, but they don't grow within 45 minutes of us, so it's a no go on the daily collecting.
The wild cherry tree across the field was torn down about 4 days before the berries were ripe enough to pick. Thank you construction project. Neighbor Kara and I were really sad, we cleaned that tree out last year.
I was able to get Saint Johns Wort while still in flower, I didn't get enough to dry for tea but I made a half gallon of SJW infused oil and a quart of SJW tincture. I did miss the nettles this year, but I am determined to get some next year!
I still need to find a mycophile. I've never tried exotic mushrooms (even store bought ones) so I'm not sure what ones I might like. My mushroom knowledge extends from white, crimini, to portobello, I'm real versed (insert sarcasm here.)
Garden pictures to come soon, I need to go outside with the camera.
This weekend we had a fair bit of thimbleberries and a few dewberries. Those are always good, but we can never harvest enough to put up. Maybe if we lived in an area they grew and could go harvest every few days, but they don't grow within 45 minutes of us, so it's a no go on the daily collecting.
The wild cherry tree across the field was torn down about 4 days before the berries were ripe enough to pick. Thank you construction project. Neighbor Kara and I were really sad, we cleaned that tree out last year.
I was able to get Saint Johns Wort while still in flower, I didn't get enough to dry for tea but I made a half gallon of SJW infused oil and a quart of SJW tincture. I did miss the nettles this year, but I am determined to get some next year!
I still need to find a mycophile. I've never tried exotic mushrooms (even store bought ones) so I'm not sure what ones I might like. My mushroom knowledge extends from white, crimini, to portobello, I'm real versed (insert sarcasm here.)
Garden pictures to come soon, I need to go outside with the camera.
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