Since arriving home we have been enjoying the orchard tremendously. We have a bumper crop of apples this year and we have been eating, baking, and pressing apples. The cider is heavenly.
The cows always take notice when we visit the orchard. Yum!
We call it a project because there are lots of things going on here. We are a family of four living semi-rurally in our owner-built off-grid straw bale home, attachment parenting, homeschooling, farming and homesteading with two other family members on 10 acres. Our goals are self-sufficiency and sustainability as we prepare for the future while living joyfully in the present.
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the plums of yours that we picked are still in our freezer, awaiting to be turned into jam.
this task became more urgent when we all moved in with each other... i think i'm responsible for 80% of what is in our (very packed) freezer.
yay cider press! have you fermented any of it? i imagine it does that all by itself unless you pasteurize it.
Jen, I love your posts about life on the farm! The photos are wonderful and the narratives very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Love,
Nino
for some reason this article appeared as new in my rss feed... just yesterday. i thought it sounded a little out of season. :)
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