Farmer's Market 2009

Whew! It's been a while since I've written anything. Things have been crazy busy here on the farmstead. Here's a power point presentation of the past month:

1. Busy At Farmer's Market
a) Selling organic produce and free-range eggs
b) Sold at market, even in pouring rain
c) Exciting to sell vegetables no other farmer at market has!

2. Spinning Angora Wool into Yarn
a) Busy grooming and caring for 2 angora rabbits (Suki and Jade)
b) Harvest angora fiber for yarn
c) Spin fibers into yarn using small hand spindle
d) Looking at thrift stores, garage sales, DI, and KSL for nice used spinning wheel

3. Making Homemade Cheese
a) Began attempting to make homemade cheese
b) To cheap to buy supplies on internet, decided to make homemade cultures to make cheese
c) Made homemade cultures by fermenting buttermilk
d) A batch of Gouda sits on stove now, will keep posted on outcome

4. Hiked Several Times up Logan Canyon
a) Hiked in lots of snow (still tons of snow up there this time of year)
b) Got lost in woods and panicked, couldn't find husband, started to rain, scary
c) Thought about spending night in woods, then later writing memoir on near death experience
d) Found husband, hiked through more rain and snow, went home, drank

5. Working and weeding in massive garden
a) Started some landscaping projects
b) Endless weeding in garden
c) Working in garden in between rain storms
d) Harvesting organic produce for farmer's market

Yup, that's about it. Here's some pictures of recent farmer's market: