My hope is that bees are so much less
maintenance than, say, goats. We could do this!
Talking about sweetness: our lives are
filled with blueberries and raspberries at the moment. We are
blessed to have Cascadian Farm nearby, with acres and acres of these
addictive morsels of flavor (certified organic!). We are taking full
advantage of that! It helps to have kids that are old enough to help
fill the picking buckets, so picking doesn't take hours and hours. I
took the kids picking in the evening the other day, and since we've
been suffering through a heat wave and it was still hot even later in
the day, I bribed them with ice cream (also sold at Cascadian Farm).
They picked well.
The next day we went after raspberries.
We gathered a bunch of friends, both adult and kid size, and headed
for the field, where we picked, chatted, and caught up with each
other.
In the meantime, Steve has been
cranking on the addition to our house. He starts early in the
morning and ends in the evening. Within five days, he got it all
framed with a roof on. What a guy! This will be an amazing addition
to our lives, and I am especially excited about the extra bathroom
and bathtub with a killer view!
The garden is, of course, blooming and
growing and feeding us royally. It not only feeds our bodies, but
also our senses with all the gorgeous smells, textures, and sights.
Eva loves wandering through the rows of vegetables, snacking on kale
that's higher than her. I've been making a lot of carrot salad with
our crunchy, sweet carrots. And there's cauliflower cheese soup,
naturally, since I have lots of pounds of cheese stored away in my
cheese cave.
The week ended with a cheese making
class I taught. Eight people attended, and five of them were kids or
teenagers. What a joy to teach these young people how to make
cheese! They were really into it, and I captured a moment of cutting
cheese on my camera. This was one of only two classes I will teach
this year, so if you are interested in attending my last class in
September (September 20th), please let me know so I can put you on my list! You will
get to sample a lot of cheese I make. More info here.
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