Sweet Christmas

After all of the normal Christmas traditions we made one of our own. A family honey harvest. Yum.

Everyone helped harvest the honey from dad's top bar hive. Most important job being taster.

Note the fancy new honey extractor (colander and bucket) we use for straining honey we are not saving as comb honey.

Net full

One of the favourite places for children of all sizes is our net hung high in the trees. Cool, shady, quiet or a great place to jump and yahoo if you are brave.

Honey for the teacher

Toby collected a jar of honey for his teachers thank you present.

Comfrey mulch

The tomatoes recieved their Christmas present today.

Compost tea and a sprinkling of woodash followed by a thick layer of comfrey mulch around their roots and a raw milk spray for their leaves before the sun got too high.

Cheese for Christmas

Lilly is providing us with soooo much creamy milk we have been making cheese. Feta, Gouda, Mozzarella, Panier, Ricotta.......

Let the adventures begin.

Next step some proper molds and a cheese safe to fill.

Holiday

What a holiday. 2 weeks of;

Catching up with old friends, making new ones.

Meeting potters, carvers, goldminers, glass blowers, children who go to school by boat, gardeners, woodworkers, archivists..................

Exploring new places..........snorkeling down rivers, crossing rivers, cooking on campfires, goldpanning, greenstone hunting, paddling with dolphins.....................

We kind of had a plan, kayaks, tents, a map book and a list of some great DOC campsites.