The Change of Seasons

Autumn leaves dance to the ground,

picked up by the wind and first swung around.

When foliage rests upon the rich earth floor,

the trees became bare once more.

October was a wild month for us because of the massive weather change. We had our first frost (thankfully we planted our fall garden just a few weeks before and it did great!) that brought a new level of "cold" to our little farm. It's been refreshing though in a good way, and I can't complain about the cozy sweaters and copious amounts of tea I've been drinking. As someone who isn't used to having all four seasons, the gorgeous yellows, reds, and oranges are truly overwhelming to the senses. Moreover, it's been an absolute joy to see the weather replace our surrounding environment with a more stripped back, toned down version of itself. It reminds me to tuck in, look inward, and appreciate the people around me in this season.

Happenings Last Month

  • We ate our first wide-mouth bass from our very own pond. Gutted it in the front yard, and roasted it over the fire pit. It was delicious!

  • We received a house blessing from our priest, hosted over 100 people at our home, and celebrated a "Canadian Thanksgiving" in honor of one of our good Canadian friends.

  • I harvested 10 lbs of green tomatoes as well as lemon balm from a dear friend's garden. I dried the lemon balm to make lemon balm tea, which is great for anxiety and stress.

  • I dried sliced oranges and created my own mulling spices out of dried fruit, ginger, cardamon, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and black pepper.

  • We had a blast with my sister, brother-in-law and nephew come into town!

  • We planted passionfruit seeds from my dad's prolific passionfruit tree in California.

  • We planted lavender and rosemary in pots to grow over the winter, and re-potted basil plants into new, bigger pots.

  • A few new recipes I made: homemade pico de gallo, fried green tomatoes (it's a southern thing), Italian pantry soup, homemade pasta, homemade sourdough bagels, foccacia bread, and chestnut & apple scones with sorghum syrup

  • New kombucha flavors I've experimented with: cherry lemonade, apple lemon, apple lemon ginger, kiwi lemon, strawberry kiwi, triple berry and triple berry lemonade. All of the have been surprisingly good, Ephraim loves it!

Three New Little Additions

We officially have our first three little farm workers. We've been wanting to get barn cats ever since we moved here, and the time has finally come! It was amazing how it happened because I originally was thinking about getting them from a local shelter or pound. Since raising barn cats is quite different than raising house cats, I was hesitant in regards to where we could find cats that were already familiar with the outdoors. Well, one day I was in a local town called Mt. Airy driving out of a parking lot when I saw a lady sitting next to a crate of adorable kittens. Turns out they were 8 weeks old, already had some of their necessary medical things taken care of, and were only $15 each. What's even better is that they were already barn kittens! From birth they were born in a barn on this lovely lady's farm, and they already have interacted with chickens, guinea hens, dogs, and other farm animals. They fit in at our farm perfectly, already breaking out of their cage, catching bugs and climbing all over the wood chips piles in our barn.

 

WILLOW

Willow is playful and feisty, cuddly and purrs constantly when you hold her. She is a mean bug-eater already! She's also very strong and keeps up with Bagheera, tackling him and making trouble sometimes.

 

BAGHEERA

Affectionately named after Mowgli's caretaker in The Jungle Book, Bagheera is kind of a spazz, part flying squirrel, and loves a good cuddle. He's a mastermind when it comes to escaping from his cage.

 

LADYBELL

A true lady, Ladybell is a bit more shy and thoughtful than the others. She plays a good deal with her siblings, loves to catch the others' tails and eat lots of bugs. She generally tends to sit back and watch their antics.

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Well that's all for this month! Here's a recent photo of Ephraim and I at Pilot Mountain State Park, which is about 10 minutes from our house.

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