November confirms it – I was made for this farming life

Its a bit of a long title, but I see the disbelief in people’s eyes when they ask how it is going on the farm.

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Preserving pickled onions
#popuprestaurantdreams – seaside feating with snoek on the braai, and our catch of the day: fresh mussel soup, and fresh crayfish tail
#popuprestaurantdreams – Bread and babies
Fresh produce – admiring the peel beetroot jewel
birthdays on the farm
harvesting coriander seeds
#popuprestaurantdreams – dinner dresscode
Terror 1 and Terror 2 – damage control and repair job
Finding old snares in the veld
First DBP generation with her offspring – well done Blossom
fresh produce – my first onion harvest
fresh produce – verdant beetroot.
garden guard dog
Selection for preservation – Onions, fennel seeds, figs
Hello Fellow – please help yourself to as many moths as you can handle
Intensive goat breeding training
It is an Elode Kanna
Launch of my YouTube channel
Learning by looking
Naughty “Dam Duikers”
new product page QR code
now to find buyers
Poppy seed harvest
Preparing for the bush market
proof of life
Seaside holiday with the dogs
My fearless provider
Shopping list and Damara/Nama lessons
So that is what a gasket looks like!
#popuprestaurantdreams – sugar free health rusks
Never too old for a side hussle
Young guns

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