More apples and milk

These are (some) the apples from our own tree! It was here when we moved in, it is in its last couple of years though Frank fears. We will be planting 2 new ones and I hope this one will produce for us for a couple more seasons. The apples are sweet and tart at the same time and make great applesauce.



This is one apple peel, we borrowed a peeler/correr/slicer from a friend for this event, Frank has been using it and I have been cooking them down and we have canned them together.

This is my first real canning venture as an adult! We did this all summer every summer when I was a kid, canned hundreds of jars of tomatoes, beets, green beans, peaches, applesauce etc, for winter. I have not attempted in on my own and thankfully Amanda (www.harmonyacres.blogspot.com) has done this all summer and gave invaluble info.

My 2nd day of milking yeilded 1 gal of milk. We are not drinking it yet, am waiting for tests to come back from vet. Its smart to do fecal and milk samples on all new farm animals if you want to drink the milk. Goats can be carriers of a couple of diseases and they can have parasite problems just like cows and sheep. We will be doing a treatment for this just in case and then moniter every 2 months. We have found a wonderful vet who even does house calls!

This is the finished greenhouse, you can see a part of our homemade table along the wall. Frank and I made tables, more him than me but I did suggest the door tops... from 2x4 frames and 1.5 doors per table for a top. There were 3 old wooden doors in the shop when we moved in and we love to recycle. There is an old metal table with drawers as my island for working in the greenhouse, that was also here. We need to do shelf tables on the back wall as we get the western sun there. On the side walls and front, we should put only one level so as to not rob any plants of sun. The back wall can have shelves bc its western sun-thanks for the info to Franks Dad, Frank.