Farm Life

Well we have had some bad luck lately and some good.  We developed a unique tomato trellist system involving A frames to prop up our 500+ tomato plants.  Bad news is that we did not peg the ends in time and with the very very high winds the other night the whole things collapsed.  3 of us were out there until just after midnight trying to salvage what was left.  Good news is that Tomatoes are so resilient that even the very damaged ones are coming back, I think we just set them back a week - production wise.

We took a trip out somewhere near greenwood a couple of days ago and picked up a Boer!  We have 3 sows and now a Boer, so I am guessing pigletts should be arriving sometime in the future....pigs are funny, they take 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days of gestation.

We are becoming more and more self sufficient the longer that we are here.  We now make our own Mustard, Ketchup, Hot Sauce, Mayo, Jam, Tomato Sauce and much more!  We recently purchased a grain mill to able us to mill our own oats and flour - and what a huge difference it makes!  I have no idea what they do to the flour that you buy in a grocery store, but I do know that it is not a good thing.  The taste and the quality are completely different.  And the preservatives they must add is insane.  Milling your own flour and making fresh bread....doesn't get much better than that.  I started researching and we found out that the oats and flour once milled starts Oxidizing after 2 hours.  We are really interested in getting into the grain business as well because to take it a step further, it would be amazing to grow our own grains to mill.

We had an interview the other day with the Penticton Herald and there will be an article out about the farm on the 15th of July - I am curious to see how it goes, she just came here and interviewed us and we shall read all about it soon.

There is sooooo much more to write about but time is not on my side, I have to go dig up our Garlic (or what is left of it - the chickens got into it) and pick Basil and Parsley to preserve for the winter.  I need to go plant our 3 flowering pears my Aunt brought over to us and package 3 days worth of eggs as well as add some Alpaca poo to my raised garden bed and plant a couple of egg plants in there.  Cheers