Cool Challenge




As Tansy said on her blog, it can feel like nothing is getting done when you're farming with little ones around, and she is participating in the Independendence Days challenge to keep track of what DOES get done amid the crazy, joyful everyday of family life. This challenge is from Sharon at Causabon's Book and is all about doing something each day in the name of local food. The mainstay of the challenge comes from Carla Emery's routine of planting something every day till mid summer, and then harvesting/preserving something every day till the end of the harvest season. She suggests updating weekly, so here is our first update!

Planted: So, let's see...from last Friday? I planted the rest of the scallion sets - none will sprout, forgotten in the corner of the barn, this year! I also put in anouther sucession planting of lettuce for salad mix - a purple looseleaf and a nice green oakleaf type. Today I'll plant anouther round of radishes and get one more bed ready to go. We really need to move the pigs ASAP so I can get into that garden bed too.

Harvested: Eggs :) I definitely could harvest some dandelions, just need to remember!

Preserved: Nothing in this area this week.

Storing: We're starting on the second egg fridge and I've been collecting, cleaning and packing eggs for market every day.

Prepped: We are wrapping up our pullet preparations today - E called off of work and is out gathering supplies to finish the second chicken coop for the pastured pullets. Once he has put the fin. We have a new waterer and range feeder, and will put another solar light in the second coop just like we have in the first. My goal is to see equal production between our chickens on pasture and in the barn, or very nearly so.

Managed: I plan on cleaning out the pantry this week, so that we can do another round of use what you have cooking over the next few weeks. :)

Cook Something New: I already make homemade mayo whenever we need it, but since E has been eating a low carb diet lately, I learned how to make hollandaise sauce to put over fish and broccoli.

Work on Local Food Systems: Paperwork was sent out for the farmer's market, and I just received a copy of our liability insurance so that will be sent out today. We need to buy a new cooler and tent, and then we should be good to go for next Saturday!

Compost something: All our scraps went to the pigs, as usual.

Learned a skill: See the hollandaise sauce above :) and I did some free-motion quilting on my latest Etsy quilt.

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Posted: Fri - May 2, 2008 at 01:08 PM        

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