Our beloved Star is gone. She crossed the line from
discomfort to misery which went swiftly to agony. I am supposed to be a healer
but all I could do is end the pain. It was gentle, pain relief followed by the
long sleep. I stayed with her until her spirit was released and she became the
wind.
The sacred circle turns
I can’t believe it’s August already. The summer has gone so
quickly. Our persimmon tree is bent with fruit. We’ve never had such a crop
before and I’m looking forward to persimmons this winter.
The dehydrators have been going again for some weeks now.
They don’t rest often. The most recent
batches were a pound of carrots shredded, sweet green bell peppers, banana
chips and sweet cherries.
I’ve also just started 15 Pekin
eggs in the incubator. The Pekins are great ducks, large as small geese, meaty
and very good layers. They’re only around 5 months old and laying daily. I wish
one of the hens would go broody but things are as they are.
The garden is finally producing regularly although the crops
are very meager. A few tomatoes and a pepper or two every few days. Still, I
feel rich to have that and, while I may not be able to preserve much of it,
we’ll have fresh to eat daily for now.
The main herb garden is going along nicely. It’s been so
long in getting back to it. I’m not saving nearly the seed from it that I
usually do or would but rather letting it seed where it is so to hopefully
double each next year.
The Echinacea didn’t bloom at all this year and hasn’t
spread. I moved it to the main herb garden and have gathered more wild seed to
plant. I had gotten 2 pounds of organic Echinacea cut herb from Frontier a few
years ago and thankfully have 1 1/2 pounds of that left, or else I would be completely
out. I sold most of ours last year at market thinking I would have even more
this year. But things are as they are and I’m so thankful I have any.
Our milk goat went over a fence to get to me and tore her
teat badly. It was so bad that I worried we would lose her as a milk goat but
it’s healing well. I‘m treating it with my healing salve and the wound is
already half the size it was.
Today I’m working on filling a fairly large order of salves
and balms, scraping window frames to paint and redoing the caulking holding
said windows in.
Supper, and I can’t wait to eat it : ) will be mini meatloaf, new potatoes and
green beans, wild salad and cornbread. Evening tea is peach pie with earl grey.
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