It's been a busy and fulfilling week, despite the ravenous swarms of mosquitoes and some rather soggy weather! Much progress has been made on both ceiling and floor, as we creep closer and closer to my move-in date. The ceiling just has a couple of little holes to patch in the upper part of the... Continue Reading →

It's been a scrumptious day of marmalade-making, with bubbling pots of citrus-bay-rum-leaf distillations and extractions in the background as I figure out just how to use some 5 gallons of bay leaf! The marmalade is simply delicious: our home-grown sour oranges sliced thin and boiled to a thick jam, with just a hint of wintry... Continue Reading →

Let me tell you, chickungunya is no fun at all. The best I might describe it is as how I imagine it feels to be old and arthritic: everything aches. I went to do some writing the other evening, but my hand was aching too much to hold the pen...you know how much I love to... Continue Reading →

So, it's been a bad chicken week. Zozo caught and killed one of the chicks–the rooster–on the same day that I found the big red hen wandering around dragging one leg, after being missing overnight. Nothing could be done about the rooster, beyond Zozo being shunned by society for a while. The hen is now... Continue Reading →

  It's been a hectic week, and it's not over yet! I made some significant progress on the Nid ceiling - a long-dreaded task that's bad, but not as bad as I expected - whilst Mandy, Hannah, and Julie leveled and tiled half of the kitchen floor in the main house. Mandy and I were... Continue Reading →

Due to tiling the kitchen floor, there will be no baking on Saturday, October 25th. Apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause! You may swing by the Locally Grown Market in F'sted this afternoon, 3:30-6, to grab an extra loaf of bread, or you may place orders for next Wednesday, with pickup at Locally... Continue Reading →

Dear readers, far and near, It's a Saturday night now, isn't it? Guess what...here I was going to go out, treat myself to a nice dinner - since everyone else is away for the night - relax, have a nice time. But then that nasty thing called Exhaustion got in the way, the close friend... Continue Reading →

I just have a few quick announcements for you all this fine weekend, before I go to get my beauty sleep in preparation for another week of hard work and great progress. It's now official: if you don't want to drive all the way out West to pick up your bread orders, you can order... Continue Reading →

Today we got rained out, again. It's just been that kind of week. If you missed my usual Sunday post, well, my face was swelled up like a pumpkin (not tasty, I assure you–no spice, no latte), leaving me in no shape–hah–to write a blog post or do anything useful at all. Despite a somewhat... Continue Reading →

Wondering what it's like to be a builder, baker, farmer, WWOOF host, and part-time employee all at once? Well here's just a small section of my to-do list including everything from fixing tools and my car, to plastering a ceiling and finding our next WWOOF volunteers for the winter season. Never a dull moment, and... Continue Reading →