October is the six month mark for my farming mission

October is The Husband’s birthday month, so it was pretty much a month of celebrations, but farm work never ceases….

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#popuprestaurantdreams – mid morning break
#popuprestaurantdreams – Pavlova
#popuprestaurantdreams – bagel brunch
#popuprestaurantdreams – one of a limited series of bagel successes
#popuprestaurantdreams – sugar free sticky toffee bread pudding
#popuprestaurantdreams – a kind of a black forest cupcake
One of those days
Selecting the stain effect
final outcome
handy spice rack
in car transit entertainment for dogs
an inspiring “ride through the night” speaker. I will not accept anything less than what I have set my sights on….
Introducing Slinky, the silky, to her new feathered friend
Its going to be a beaut of a day
promises
on our way to livestock auction
what an evening!
Payment in kind
#popuprestaurantdreams – preserving onions
preserving spinach
preserving time (yes, pun is intended)
my first red cabbage
Limited repairs & maintenance stock on hand
Rugby World Cup Finals supporters
Study tour to neigbouring farm
weird white wild garlic flowers
working sheep
when your kitchen is blessed

Somehow July got lost on the farm

For the back story, refer to the intro blog post Addressing Hypengyophobia – 2nd chances, dont fret the small stuff.

Read on to see what we got up to in July 2023.

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#popuprestaurantdreams – roast beetroot and parmesan chips
#popuprestaurantdreams – Beetroot salad
#popuprestaurantdreams – glutenfree brownies
#popuprestaurantdreams – coffee glazed gluten free cake
#popuprestaurantdreams – finally, a nice open crumb
#popuprestaurantdreams – fresh goat butter melting on fresh sourdough bread
#popuprestaurantdreams – old fashioned jam squares
#popuprestaurantdreams – orange leather, the final product
#popuprestaurantdreams – orange leather, the process
#popuprestaurantdreams – Sourdoiugh apple Galette
#popuprestaurantdreams – promises
#popuprestaurantdreams – vlam worsie
#popuprestaurantdreams – yet more brownies
fresh produce – admiring the rainbow carrots
Adorable
Apple and tree
Celebrating 5 years on the farm with carrot cake
#popuprestaurantdreams – fish and chips in the middle of the Kalahari dessert
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, its off to work we go
Some progress on the long long long term project
Looking for parts for the busted liquidiser
Manpower
Neighbourhood cheesemaking lessons
Determing the repairs & maintenance budget
An old lady
Down and out
preserved oranges
fresh produce – cheerful radishes
fresh produce – goat feta
progress on the ablutions
#popuprestaurantdreams – sourdough pretzel
working under close supervision
working ladies

So what were we busy with on the farm 6 months ago?

The intro to this story, is in my New Year’s blog post Addressing Hypengyophobia – 2nd chances, dont fret the small stuff.

Here is what we were doing in the dead of winter on our Kalahari farm.

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#popuprestaurantdreams – simple pelasures in life
#popuprestaurantdreams – Chicken pie (dont ask where the noisy rooster is)
#popuprestaurantdreams – Dog treats
#popuprestaurantdreams – fried sourdough bread
#popuprestaurantdreams – healthy farm produce lunch
#popuprestaurantdreams – light lunch on the farm, all produce on the farm
#popuprestaurantdreams – the perfect sourdough specimen
#popuprestaurantdreams – Sourdough Chocolate mug cake
#popuprestaurantdreams – Sourdough Pizza
Attempting a gluten free sourdough starter
#popuprestaurantdreams – birthdays on the farm
Casual dog walking attire
Colour blocking when dog walking
cuddles
Do I have to explain what these are used for?
Facts of life
Frikkie the cat
Preparing for market
Learning about organic composting
Livestock meds – Aloe crystals
Madonna and child
rescued lamb-let
daikon radishes
preserving dried radishes
pickled radishes
preserving celery for celera salt
tale of two tails
the crockery cupboard
those repairs of last month?
The two terrors’ first victim
virga – promised rains
working dogs
working the sheep

Day 248 – looking back at farming in June

As per yesterday’s post Addressing Hypengyophobia – 2nd chances, dont fret the small stuff, today I shall share a collection of impressions from the month of June 2023, to celebrate my eight months of full time farming.

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#popuprestaurantdreams – cheesecake mouse
#popuprestaurantdreams – farm fresh salad
#popuprestaurantdreams – goat cheese glutenfree cheese cake
the creamiest Labneh
#popuprestaurantdreams – probiotic goat yoghurt smoothie
#popuprestaurantdreams – seelction of Chevre
#popuprestaurantdreams – Sourdough ChocChip Cookies
#popuprestaurantdreams – Kalahari comfort food
maintaining the blog
Project cold room clean
Falling in love
#popuprestaurantdreams – faux strawberry smoothie
Long long long term project
pre-memory memories
my previous job
new kids on the block
can’t escape the admin
preserved lemons
preserving Maketaan
Preserving meat – droe wors
Puppy love
Welcome to Weetbox’s brother
The Wolf pack back together
first frost for the season
our local mall, entrance number 8 😉
What?! no Oxo!
working cattle
smitten
worrisome horngrowth
resolving worrison horn growth

Addressing Hypengyophobia – 2nd chances, dont fret the small stuff

Genuine, I was going to start the new year with a bang – writing a post which I had not done for weeks, and activating my new YouTube channel with new videos, along with a cross revitalisation of my digital presence. And read to the end if you want to know what Hypengyophobio means.

Let me rephrase that – I was going to start the new year with a digital bang. Revitalising my blog, my YouTube channel and my digital presence.

But then life unfolded itself by way of surprise visitors for a late afternoon cup of coffee, that turned into a leisurely game drive on the farm, followed by an emergency Jaffels late supper because they had not left by 8.30pm yet. 10.15, PM!

So, the message is this, best laid plans…… must remain flexible. And cut the @#$!, very little of what we plan for ourselves are of such urgency and importance that they need to be done right away, at the expense of good neighbourliness.

Therefore, on the 2nd day of the new year, I am dedicating my morning to processing videos, and resetting my intellectual profile. Which turns out to be a good thing, because today I am full so determination to reach my goal, no matter what obstacles technology puts in my way.

And with that, I will end today’s post with a sample of photos of the last 8 months of adopting, and adapting to, a sustainable living off the land lifestyle.

For the month of May 2023, I selected photos from a variety of activities:

my first sight on my first day of my new lifestyle
applying sheep meds
checking up on Mabel and the gang
farm vellies
figuring out some repairs
fresh produce – cilantro aka coriander
fresh produce from cucumber patch
fresh produce – rainbow carrots
#popuprestaurantdreams – Galjoen in the Kalahari
Getting to know you
GlamRock ala farmstyle
growing new SD starter
livestock auction take aways
My other job
#popuprestaurantdreams – bayleaf cake
#popuprestaurantdreams – BLT on fried sourdough
#popuprestaurantdreams – Chevre
#popuprestaurantdreams – does not get fresher than this
#popuprestaurantdreams – goat feta
#popuprestaurantdreams – Kalahari comfort food
#popuprestaurantdreams – naked chocolate mousse
#popuprestaurantdreams – savoury rice (aka what is in the fridge for lunch?)
#popuprestaurantdreams – throwback to “Nawlins”
preparing for winter – the lemon tree
Preserved – dried spinach for smoothies and the like
Sheep weighing in
Tick treatment
Watch out – dont step on the new puppy

June 2023 follows in the same vein, but you will have to wait till tomorrow for that post. In fact, every day for the next 7 days, I will post a month’s memories.

Now get back to those new year’s promises you made yourself 2 days ago!

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PPS – that big word in the title? it means the fear of New Year’s resolutions.