Harvest Time

Fall is our favorite season.

The corn is sweet.

The sky is clear.

Our birthdays inspire thoughtful gifts.

The grapes ripen.

The fog descends.

Sarah makes amazing soups.

Keith cleans his plates.

The fires are warming and meaningful.  They remind us of our genetic ancestry.

The lichen pops.

Can you find the goat?

Their beards are soft/

The goats know who love them.

And sometimes they nibble!

Llamas are curious, but reserved.

The water was cool.

Too many flavours to have just one!

Good friends share.

Good food, good drinks, and good friends.  Fall is such a great season.  Hope you all are enjoying your friends.

Gonna be a good day!

Labour Day... literally

Sarah and I took the day off from work to get some work done.  I had a meeting this morning, Sarah made the house look beautiful, then we ran some errands.  After all that activity, we decided to relax by doing some homesteading!

I pressed 6 gallons of cider from our very own apples!  The first part of pressing apples is crushing the apples.  There are more civilized ways to do this, but they all cost more than a Home Depot bucket and a log :-)

3 gallons of apples yields about a gallon of cider.

Sarah made an awesome spicy relish and canned some ungodly amount of tomatoes!  (roughly 17#s)

The jars are going up for the winter.  The cider is currently fermenting for Oktoberfest.

8 hours for labour.  8 hours for recreation.  8 hours for rest.