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Well, looks like it could be a nice Halloween this year. Crystal wants to be a fairy or a princess, seems to me last years custome was also either a fairy or a princess depending on whether your wore the wings or not. Now I only have to find the parts of last years costume hmmm, could be easier said than done.
So, the plant that I tried to kill about four years ago, by moving from saskatoon to carrot river in forty below weather in december is still alive. I ripped the branches off as it was about seven feet tall and in my way, now the branches are about two feet tall and sprouting shoots like crazy, I have tried freezing, chopping and not watering but this plant seems to enjoy mocking my attempts to git rid of it.
hmmm, for six hundred dollars, I can have high speed internet in rural saskatchewan. Inet 2000 offers high speed internet and is not a line of sight tower high speed internet either. My phone line would no longer be tied up, and I could download at the speed of light. hmmm, too bad I don't have an extra six hundred dollars. Sooooo, for now, yucky old sasktel dialup will have to do.
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saskenergy has taken out an ad in the local paper, warning all of us of their intention to ask for a 41% rate increase to be charged to all of us who are their captive customers. I find this such a farce, why they would bother to waste money on the ad requesting the rate reveiw board to let them increase the costs by 41% when they have not been turned down for a rate increase at any time in the past that I can ever remember. why not just put out an ad that states Ok all you hostages to your furnace you will now pay 41% percent more to save your silly asses from freezing this winter when it is forty below, hmmm 40 below 41% rate increase I think I see a connection here. Next week I am putting an ad in the paper requesting the rate reveiw board to consider a 41% increase to the price of flax, wheat, barley oats etc due to the high cost of fuel and sask energy bills. lol.....
one truck full of wheat has been combined, now we will see how well the dryer works tomorrow.
well, the sun is shining the forecast is great, perhaps we will be able to harvest after all. I have been able to dig two pails of dandelion roots in the lovely sunshine. they smell soooo good when they are roasting.
ok, I understand that I have been tagged so here is the line from the 23rd post the fifth line, " It was so good we bought two loaves of homemade bread to take home with us." Now unfortunately everyone that I know that has a blog has already been tagged.
hmmm, I could really use Adobe photoshop, sooooo who got my name for christmas again?? Oh well, I guess a fifty dollar maximum wont get me adobe photoshop.
We must officially be farmers now, gerald has just purchased his first combine. a 1983 massey ferguson for $1500.00 a far cry from the 150,000.00 the new ones cost. Hopefully it will combine just as well as the 150,000.00 one only for a lot less money.
wow, our first order. Twenty one, nasturtium/black pansy jelly, twenty one black pansy sugars and eight red clover blossom pancake syrups. Delivered to PA on wednesday. Fortunately I still have some nasturtiums and black pansies growing. Arianna will be happy xmas money for her, as the sugars are her product.
harumph, well, I've been diligently covering the nasturtiums and black pansies to save them fora few more batches of jelly. Convinced that nothing could or would kill the portulaca and that there would be portulaca until the end of october for garlic butter, aahh not so. The minus three with an inch of white frost destroyed the portulaca. Now I am craving portulaca butter and since it was such a good seller and I wasn't concerned with the life span of the supply I have none for myself. hmmm.
The artist in the family has come up with an exceptional label. The computer science guy, is putting together an exceptional website and the process engineer will have to come up with an exceptional process to reduce the labour costs on our products. Nice to have so many talented people in the family. Special note to lynette, when Ang comes out next, I will send some goodies for your family to try. i would have sent something this weekend, but didnt read your comment until to day.
We have the new red clover blossom pancake syrup bottle, all we need now is an exciting label, more red clover blossoms and a gaggle of customers.
Well, Max the neutered dog, seems to think he still has something to prove. Cadbury the old lady doesnt seems impressed. Life for Max is a new challenge, the farm has a lot more things to bark at and chase than town does. It will be interesting to see what happens when one of the things max chases, turns around and chases him back, particularly if it turns out to be a porcupine or a skunk.
well, life at the farm is interesting, wet lately, quiet and has the distinct disadvantage of forcing me to go back to dial up internet. aaaaargggh. Oh well. we have an exciting plethora of products for the giant flea market in melfort on saturday. such as the likes of roasted dandelion root coffee, black pansy jelly, stinging nettle tea, black pansy sugar, garlic portulaca butter, creamy chickweed salad dressing, nasturtium and lemon butter, nasturtium cream cheese spread, toasted evening primrose seeds, nasturtium and jalapeno jelly, red clover blossom pancake syrup, all purpose extra special salve made with cocoa butter, jojoba oil, rose hip oil, tea tree oil, dandelion, portulaca, red clover, plantain infused oils, vitamin e, ecchinaccea, st. john wort and natural bees wax.
wow!! roasted dandelion root coffee, has a sweet, chocolatey, coffee taste, who would of thought, I will definately be out hunting down dandelions tommorrow for the farmers market on saturday.
Max, the dog, has a cone on his head. Quite humurous actually, the spaces between the posts on the side of the deck have become an enormous challenge for max, previously he was able to simply jump between the posts and land on the ground. Max is also quite confused when playing fetch as the ball has a tendency to roll between his cone, and his front feet, as the cone is clear it allows max to see the ball but not pick it up. This is funnier than the comedy channel. Oh yes, I must comment on the Nasturtium and sweet pepper jelly, yummy,yummy, yummy. Should be a resounding hit at the farmers market.
moving is such fun, and particularly when one is moving two households at once. or at least attempting to coordinate such a feat. Yet, I must feel thankful for the choas of the move as at least my house is not under water or in a pile of wood akin to toothpicks. Yet, I feel compelled to ask the question, would one not consider living below the water level, yet right next to the water, a bit of a risk, relying solely on man made devices to hold back the water, and the powerful forces of nature. Nature has often flaunted her power by destroying man made devices.
chickweed is such a nice refreshing drink, an infusion of chickweed is akin to a tonic, revitalizing and energizing, almost better than coffee. Perhaps what chickweed needs is an expert marketer, one who will change the perception of chickweed from that of a garden weed worthy of only the biggest bottle of killex possible to that of a must have can't live without it everyday hot tea or cool refreshing drink, hmmmm I wonder what the budweiser girls are doing these days
calculators, dictionaries, atlases, pencil crayons, wax crayons, markers and pastels, should all be listed on the will selft destruct once a year product listing. It seems every year before school starts we need to buy new of all of the above. I wonder what happens to the old ones,
hi, ho, hi ho, off to the market we go. with pansy syrup and petunia jelly off to the market we go. well, we certainly need to make more product for next week. the butters and spreads seem to be particularly popular. gerald has proven to be a talented redclover blossom pancake syrup salesman, competing quite effectively with the wasps. tricky you know, handing out pancake syrup samples past a quick witted, sharp stinger, yellow jacket wasp or two.
well, we will see how busy the farmers market is this saturday. Hopefully as busy as last week, although getting up at 5:15 in the morning is kind of annoying. oh well.
well the portulaca infused oil seems to be a success, at least it smells like potulaca, I take that as an indication that the essential parts of the portulaca plant were actually infused in the oil. Will have to pick more portulaca and start a few more batches this month for it dies of for the winter. hopefully the containers for holding the portulaca salve will arrive soon.
rain, rain and more rain, how to pick clover blossoms in the rain, hmmm. Oh well at least the nasturtiums will be replenished by friday. what to make this time. maybe more nasturtium butter, perhaps nasturtium and jalapeno jelly?? hmm will have to decide by friday.
okay, we are trying a bigger batch of clover blossoms today. The pot we are using now today is making 8 quarts of blossoms, that sells out at about $180.00 ,but I think the pot is big enough to hold more. The next thing wewill need is a big pot with a tap at the bottom so it is easier to fill the jars. I would like to be able to can about $400 dollars a day that would give us enough product to sell through the winter.
we came away with $100. cash for four and a half hours of work and our first time at the farmers market. we ran out of creamy chickweed dressing. go figure. Some people didnt have enough money so they wanted to know if we would be back next week. how cool is that.
oh, oh, we found some of Hannah's toys. Arianna cleaned the truck so we could take it to the farmers market tommorrow and we found an elephant with a ring thru it's nosee and a red and white rattle. We will wash them and they will be all new again for Hannah, next time she comes to visit.
well, arianna found a big spider in her room and now she is sleeping upstairs. I suppose we will have to chatch it and kill it. So the hunt for the spider will commence at some time tommorrow. I wonder if all the clothes on the floor have anything to do with the spider inhabiting her bedroom.
marigold muffins today, and more red clover blossom syrup. I did find some jars though, that will be exciting when they arrive, my pancake syrup will look like pancake syrup that is in the store. Let's see, I think it will be chickweed dressing and stuffed nasturtiums tommorrow, I will get to try out the new icing squeezer thingy that I bought today for three dollars. My chickweed tea should be ready now, a refreshing tonic for low energy, yahoo
thirteen and a half jars of red clover blossom syrup from one batch of flowers, there seems to be about three batches of flowers in one bag so that would be thirty nine bottles of red clover blossom syrup at $5.50 per jar. (250 ml Jar) That is not too bad, if you don't take into consideration the amount of time it takes to cook those thirty nine jars. I need to find a more efficient way to cook the syrup, hence decrease the time of the cooking and increase the profit.
nasturtiums stuffed with cream cheese and chves, rose petal butter were on the menu this weekend. quite yummy fare, part of the offerring, along with red clover blossom syrup, chickweed dressing and garlic portulaca butter at the farmers market this weekend, well, must get to work.
wow, taste of P.A was a blast. People tasted our chickweed, red clover and portulaca dishes and loved them. Some wanted to buy our products right on the spot, everyone had an opinion and would chat with us for five or ten minutes about our funky offerings and now we are registered with the farmers market on wed and sat mornings in p.a. I think I will make some sweet rose butter to be spread on hot muffins. mmmm. yummy. special note to angela, call me when you have a moment.
well, the dressing is ready, now on to chopping the lettuce for the salad
ok, so each day brings us closer to the three day event, where close to 6000 people will go thru the gates. we have 1500 food items to offer with 7 other restaurants on site. hopefully we will have enough.?? red clover blossom syrup. pasta shells with garlic portulaca butter, and finally flower salad with creamy chickweed dressing. this will be very interesting I am sure.
okay, so, pickled red clover blossoms are disgusting, but the creamy chickweed dressing was yummy. Which is a good thing, because i am selling to to 5000 people over a three day period next week at taste of pa.
well, we have now made black pansy pancake syrup, yummy, marigold coffee cake, cucumber salad with portulca leaves, chickweed juice tonic, candied pansies (disaster) next time will use spearmint leaves, red clover lemonade (yummy even Crystal likes it) we are now trying garlic portulaca butter. need containers
good luck with your new home to angie and marc. The neighbourhood looks a little better on thsi one and I think you will be happier with a full basement with a family room. The yard looks outstanding, can't wait to see it for real.
this is very yummy Red Clover Lemonade Herbal lemonades are a refreshing summer drink, and a wonderful way to sneak some nutritious herbs into the family’s diet. 4 cups fresh Red Clover blossoms 1 gallon water 2 cups honey (1 lb) (you can use sugar, as honey is pretty pricey these days) 1 ½ cups lemon juice 1. Gently simmer Clover blossoms in a covered pot for 10 minutes. 2. Add honey, stirring until it dissolves. 3. Cover and let steep and cool for several hours or overnight. (This makes a strong, potent tea, maximizing the calcium and other nutrients in the Clover.) 4. Add lemon juice and chill in the fridge.
well, I now have the first bath of marigold and spearmint hand creme brewing on the windowsill in olive oil. I still need to purchase some beeswax. The clover blossoms and chickweek are awaiting their turn in the oil, I think I will try the crockpot method for some of the clover. Perhaps some cocoa butter or lanolin and vitamin E oil would be a nice touch. Now only to find some containers to use to hold the ointmint when it is ready. Baby food jars would work for samples, but would not look the prettiest.
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some time this week, I am going to try making a batch of red clover ointment to be used for certain skin conditions, including excema. I need to find some bees wax, I thought perhaps they would sell it at the craft area in walmart, but no such luck. Maybe, the craft stores in Saskatoon will provie to be more lucrative of an option. It is really a very simple recipe, the trick is to make it smell nice as well as work.
Off to the lake we go, 33 above in town, but we will be at the lake. Ha! Ha! we laugh in the face of 33 above because we will be at the lake. Gerald will have to suffer working every day on the black shiny pavement and now he has a sore leg. Pulled muscles from playing slow pitch, pretty funny actually especially when he had to get out of bed this a.m. to go to work.
I have renewed acquaintances with my slow cooker. Amazing how one can make lovely cooked meals without heating up the house. Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings were the treat of the day today. Mix it up, throw it in the cooker and relax for four or five hours and the house was as cool as if we hadnt cooked at all. Great.
well, it is indeed a joy to have central air conditioning. I never thought that I would enjoy central air conditioning, as we so seldom have weather hot enough to be a problem. I was wrong, central air is great. This appears to be a hot and humid summer, just when air conditioning works at it's best.
Finally done painting the fence, well almost. A small piece on the neighbours side of the property is yet to be painted. Perhaps when it is a bit cooler, right now the sweltering heat would ensure that the painter passed out rather than painted.
still painting the fence. sigh
For each board we paint on the fence, the fence seems to respond by adding two more. The are miles and miles and miles of fence to paint, or at least it appears that way.
school is out, crystal is very excited about that fact.
I predict that we will have reallllllyyy big tomatoes this year. Zuchinis the size of a house and cucumbers to die for. After all they are currently growing in thirty years of manure and dirt. Winners for sure!!
epipen, our new word of the month, first Hannah needs an epipen, now Arianna needs an epipen for her death defying shrimp allergy, as well as new Asthma inhalers to deal with a diagnosed asthma condition. ohh mmy
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, whew talk about the bus. Over the last four days, I have spent 21 hours on the bus. Of course it was worth it as i had the opportunity to visit in Edomonton. Eat half price sushi, and full price german cuisine, and have breakfast for 2.99.
If what's for you, won't go by you is the answer to our accomplishments in life, then if I chose to stand in the middle of an open field during a thunder storm and become struck by lightening, does that then mean being struck by lightening was my destiny, or simply my stupidity. While my friend believes in what's for you won't go by you, I simply believe the things that are for you will be presented to you in different forms and choosing or rejecting opportunities and circumstances is a concsious decision.
well, apparently the fish have been smarter than the fishermen this weekend. With only lots of mosquito bites and some sun burn to show for the weekend, we will just have to go back to the ol' fishin hole agin next weekend.
Today is the big day for max. Max is getting a hair cut today, no more shaggy, matted, smelly, dirty dog hair everywhere. Max will be short, short, short and cool for those hot summer days yet to come.
mmmm, mushroom season, good ole Saskatchewan morels picked fresh and sauted in butter. mmm mm
oh where oh where could my little car keys go?? Gerald in his infinte wisdom in the a.m. put ALL the keys in his pocket, including the ones to the vehicle I was supposed to use to get to work in Prince Albert with. well needless to say we had to do some thinking, some walking and some telephoning to get to work today.
A modern day Alice in Wonderand, What the Bleep do we know Anyway, where Alice's reality is thru the looking glass, is this where quantum physics can take us, thru the looking glass and beyond?
note to self, don't drink coffee at 7:00 p.m. and expect to go to sleep at 11
the seeding is done, now we can watch it grow. the garden is mostly up, although none of the 450 potatoe plants seem to showing their nasty little heads.
the cry of the auctioneer, the smell of the burning hamburgers, the feel of sun beating on my face, aaah a day at the auction. four boxes of who knows what for $2.00, two boxes at 5.oo each and $400.00 for a year old 8 hp snowblower. who'da thunk it.
mmmm, petunia flowers, pansies, johnny jump ups, spinach, onion and tomatoes, with three cheese ranch dressing,mmmm. yummy fiddleheads sauted in onion, garlic butter very tasty indeed.
well, we went vegetarian tonight. cream of dandelion flower soup as an appetizer, (hard to say if it was good or not, as I over did the celery seed and that was a very overpowering error, so will have to try again when there are more dandelions) spinach and grilled portobello mushroom salad with balsamic vinegar/oil dressing, butternut squash and crimini mushroom lasagna with ricotta, mozeralla and parmesian cheese (oooh, that was good!!) and mushroom pate with cream cheese for later. Complemented by crabapple wine. well perhaps complemented is not the best choice of words. I should have saved some dandelion flowers for the pancakes tommorrow morning, hmmmm where or where can I find a dandelion.
mmmmm, dandelions. We have now had cooked dandelion flowers. lightly floured and fried in butter, mmmm, taste like cooked mushroommms. Warning don't eat dandelions from lawns with dogs. lol
ahh the elusive bedtime, bedtime is 8:00 but when it is daylight out side it is hard to believe it is bedtime and not playtime.
potatoes, potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes. Over 400 potatoe hills, I wonder how many potatoes that could actually mutliply out to be and just how many sacks of potatoes we will need to keep all those potatoes. Anyone who comes to visit this year will be hilling potatoes, checking potatoes, weeding potatoes, pulling potatoes, picking potatoes and maybe even eating some of them.
truly refreshing to be in the city again yesterday, to see the expanse of plants available in the greenhouse, to eat at a more than just burgers and fries restaurant with real service and clean tables. Rural Saskatchewan is full of boundless tourism opportunities, unfortunately full of business owners who refuse to believe that the behaviour of their staff and the first impression of the facility have any relation to the success of their business. Often business in rural saskatchewan behaves as though customers are their right and not a result of good service or food as the case may be. A pet peeve of mine that we would continue to promote ouselves as an incredible tourism experience and not place the highest importance on the return of thoses tourists after we have managed to lure them in the first time. Clean tables are nice, waitresses who are interested in their customers are nice, clean cultery and cups are good, food that looks appealing rather than questionable is also good. Bright inviting atmosphere should be a given. Perhaps rather than a five star rating system a new system based on levels of yuckiness would be more appropriate. I can see it now, pulling up to a restuarant in rural saskatchewan, checking out the front window or door for the yuckiness level sticker. perhaps the owner would get the point.
Mother's day, an apple tree, some paper roses and a decorated jar(pencil holder). Will have to check out the green house in saskatoon to find the apple tree. As there were none left in nipawin.
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