It’s too windy to work outside this afternoon. I tried to plant garden, but kept loosing my balance because the wind was blowing so hard! So, I ended up in the house, not knowing what to do because my plans weren’t working out. I know, that’s a weird situation for a mother of several to be in. Yes, there are lots of things I should be doing, but when you have your mind fixed in one direction, and that direction changes, it takes awhile to redirect. Anyway, I finally remembered that I needed to make butter. Then, when I was most of the way through the process, I decided this might make a half-decent topic for a blog post, so you get pictures starting partway through. I love that cow of ours–she gives us so much!
What do you buy in store and what do you make yourself?
Have a good day!
Sandra
I make all I can. We do buy a few canned things–mackerel, baked beans, corn, coconut cream, and also flour, sugar, salt. I get what I can in bulk, through a friend who buys from a company that supplies bulk food stores. We basically grow most of the vegetables we eat, and most of our meat (some comes from where my husband works), and pick a lot of fruit that grows wild. Nearly all our dairy products come from the cow, although I buy cheese on sale a few times a year. A lot of our meat comes from animals raised on the cow’s milk–either calves or lambs. We also butcher chickens that people give us, and raise our own eggs, although lately we’ve been buying from a lady in the area who has extras, because our boys love to eat eggs and we don’t have enough at the moment. Does that answer your question?
Yes 😉
Thank you very much!
As I think I have mentioned before it is prohibited to homeschool here in Sweden and almost every kid goes to kindergarten when turning one.
Sandra