I love the smell of fall, especially the smell of campfires. I love the smell of the leaves and the cold brisk air. It is by FAR my favorite time of year. I could give a hoot about summer, the heat is ridiculous and unnecessary. People feel they have to wear less than appropriate clothes and I could go on and on. But, fall.....Ahhhhhhhhhh!
Right now I am smelling a burial pyre that poppa did for one of our piggies who unfortunately lost its life too soon. :( We found her not doing well when we got back from Home School Camp. )The next morning she was dead. When Poppa was taking care of her he found what he thought to be bite wounds on her rear flank (this sounds like the goats all over again). I feel better though thinking that something killed her, as opposed to her dying for some unknown reason. Any way it was a needless death, we are debating what to do with the remaining hog. Breed or butcher? We are leaning towards breeding, however, we need to build a (thing she has her babies in, can't think of the name of it) before we would breed. These big girls are wonderful momma's but do occasionally lay down on a piglet or two. To avoid that you build a "nesting box" that is slanted so the momma can only get in so far, and , the babies can get away from her. I am not sure right now I am ready for that step. The thought of being stuck with 14 piggies and not being able to find buyers for meat scares me :)
We are doing My Fathers World for school this year. We are doing Jake and Charley together. Both in the first grade. It is working out REALLY well. I love this curriculum , it is totally focused around God. I think it is so important to show our children that God is truly part of our every day lives and not just someone that we worship on Sunday and have an obligitory Bible study mid week. My Fathers World really seems to do that better than anything else we have used so far. We started Abe in Kindergarten but we are going to hold off on him for another year ( he's only 4) and start he and Adelaide together. I like pairing the kids up and doing it that way. It makes things a bit easier for momma, and poppa :)
I have been a baking FOOL since the weather has cooled off. I made several pies (including my first raspberry pie, for our neighbor who has been kindly mowing our yard) and 2 custard pies. I tell ya there is nothing better than a home made custard pie, with home made from lard pie crust. The custard was a little "lighter" than it would have normally been, I used left over egg whites from the noodles I've been making. Although the heavy cream made up for the extra egg whites ! YUMMMY! I have yet to make a pumpkin pie, although with the cinnamon rolls I made at the beginning of the week I used pumpkin pie spice as opposed to cinnamon alone. I prefer the traditional way but poppa liked it better. I use the PW reciepe and it is AWESOME ! I can eat these cold and with no icing, they are still fabulous! What is your favorite "fall" thing
Right now I am smelling a burial pyre that poppa did for one of our piggies who unfortunately lost its life too soon. :( We found her not doing well when we got back from Home School Camp. )The next morning she was dead. When Poppa was taking care of her he found what he thought to be bite wounds on her rear flank (this sounds like the goats all over again). I feel better though thinking that something killed her, as opposed to her dying for some unknown reason. Any way it was a needless death, we are debating what to do with the remaining hog. Breed or butcher? We are leaning towards breeding, however, we need to build a (thing she has her babies in, can't think of the name of it) before we would breed. These big girls are wonderful momma's but do occasionally lay down on a piglet or two. To avoid that you build a "nesting box" that is slanted so the momma can only get in so far, and , the babies can get away from her. I am not sure right now I am ready for that step. The thought of being stuck with 14 piggies and not being able to find buyers for meat scares me :)
We are doing My Fathers World for school this year. We are doing Jake and Charley together. Both in the first grade. It is working out REALLY well. I love this curriculum , it is totally focused around God. I think it is so important to show our children that God is truly part of our every day lives and not just someone that we worship on Sunday and have an obligitory Bible study mid week. My Fathers World really seems to do that better than anything else we have used so far. We started Abe in Kindergarten but we are going to hold off on him for another year ( he's only 4) and start he and Adelaide together. I like pairing the kids up and doing it that way. It makes things a bit easier for momma, and poppa :)
I have been a baking FOOL since the weather has cooled off. I made several pies (including my first raspberry pie, for our neighbor who has been kindly mowing our yard) and 2 custard pies. I tell ya there is nothing better than a home made custard pie, with home made from lard pie crust. The custard was a little "lighter" than it would have normally been, I used left over egg whites from the noodles I've been making. Although the heavy cream made up for the extra egg whites ! YUMMMY! I have yet to make a pumpkin pie, although with the cinnamon rolls I made at the beginning of the week I used pumpkin pie spice as opposed to cinnamon alone. I prefer the traditional way but poppa liked it better. I use the PW reciepe and it is AWESOME ! I can eat these cold and with no icing, they are still fabulous! What is your favorite "fall" thing
