Cheap Food Nation
A very good read and some great food for thought, with out the alarmist view of the inevitable death of us all. lol...
It takes them three to five years go to the sea and back again. I didn't realise it was that long... Ones that come back before they are mature are called Jacks. There are a few every year, but most come back when they are ready, like clock work... 3-5 years after they started their lives there.
Pretty neat if you ask me.
Cyan and I and our homeschool group went to the pumpking patch, (I am sure I will share pictures of when I get them). The pumpkin she ended up picking is so perfect it's almost unnatural. Perfectly round, perfectly orange, ready for carving this next weekend for Halloween. Isn't that color amazing?
Autumn is so stunning!
Blueberry bush:
Nasturtium leaves with some of the 9 inches of rain we have gotten already this month.
My favorite garden plant, Lemon Verbena. These beautiful little purple flowers are a bonus to the wonderful lemon drop smell they give every time you touch them. They stay until the first frost or so... I try to plan it so I bring them in made into bouquets just before the frost.
My new garden boots and the starts that have planted themselves in my pathway. Crazy me, I am kindof enjoying the messy new start feel of the path.
Cyan raking leaves while Logan watches on, because it is finally dry enough to jump in them! YAY!
Perfect after school snack!
And here is Cyan's lunch:
There are usually more fruits and veggies, but it is shopping day. lol... so we will have more healthy stuff tomorrow. As it is, we have a WW butterfly, moon, flower and star with crunchy peanut butter and pretzel sticks with a tiny container of dip. We are looking for new fruits to try for next week. It is great for the kids to be so into food... healthy food at that.
At first I was worried about waste. But between the chickens, worms, and the baby all eating the table scraps, well we haven't had an issue with that at all yet. Just a whole lot of fun!
The tallest lighthouse in Washington state.
Looking up from the inside.Playing in the last warm days of summer...
So in the spirit of putting as much of our savings on the credit cards we have built up over dh's academy year, I have made this budget folder.
If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
The trees are starting to turn. Just in the last three days we have started to get that heavy chill in the air. The summer never got hot this year, so we have had blankets on the bed the whole summer, but just this week we have needed the down comforters and just this morning I turned the heat on for the first time this season. The time for short sleeves and sleeping under a summer quilt are done.
You can see the difference here in the bowl... the top three are ours and the bottom three are store bought eggs.
And here is our yummy French Toast as it was cooking.