We tried growing a few new things including cabbages, potatoes, chillis, along with the traditional growth of apples, tomatoes, herbs and berries.
Tonight we harvested and reaped our rewards. (My husband actually did the reaping and his version is not so lovely and idyllic - he would give you the real story of lice and infestation, however he is not the one writing - ha ha!)
Below is the feast:
Clearly the sausage was not home grown, nor the custard/vanilla pudding, but we proudly ate savoy cabbage, salad, roast potatoes and our own red currant sauce this evening. And how delicious is actually was.
It was a proud moment and we "forced" the kids to appreciate what was on our plates.
I am not sure we are convinced of a journey of self sufficiency, but we did begin the conversation of chickens and goats in the garden..............I will let you know how that develops!!
So what are you proud of this year so far?
Has your garden been in focus, or have you been making a quilt or knitting a jumper?
Do tell............
Well... it turns out we are on the same road! In the past 6 months we have created the veggie garden, chicken coup/run, fenced off an area and added goats...
ReplyDeleteThe chickens took nearly three months to lay. Not until after we whispered that we might just eat them! did they start laying - and on Good Friday too :) Now we proudly dish them up for visitors and have enough to make guilt free lemon tarts - because homegrown eggs make cakes healthier, don't they?!
The goats we just wanted, although they're not really for milk or food. The wombats make enormous holes in our fence and then the young goats get out through those and eat everything in sight! But we lovelovelove them. My hubbie organised a working bee where a few friends with builder skills created a little safe house and steps up to the roof of the house for the goats. They're hilarous.
The garden is up and down as the weather and goats and wombats and birds do their thing. And the produce doesn't always make it into the kitchen, because we just eat it right there and then - especially the super crispy beans!
Trying to be self sufficient might not always be easy, but it's worth it.
I want the sausage from your photos RIGHT NOW - YUMMMMM!
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so you are defintely recommending chickens then? I love the idea of the veggie life, but I have to fess up, I dont really like hard work! And yes the sausage was yum, nearly as good as biltong :-)
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