Well, we had some decent weather this week, so we got to make more progress with winter Prepping the Garden.

This week really was a team effort. Daddy and Tommy topped off beds and inground sections with goat manure compost; Vicky, Maggy, and Emma helped top the compost with sawdust; I laid out 2 layers of black plastic over the cardboard we already put down over our weeded section of the back garden area.

We also decided to prune and harvest the still green Roma Tom’s that were growing, don’t want them ruined from a hard frost.

It was really funny watching the kids stop in front of my phone periodically, as we worked, to give their own commentary, haha!

We also made a fresh batch of copper sulfate and sent a goat off to the butcher this week. Don’t worry, these projects didn’t make it into this week’s video, want to give grace for those who don’t feel comfortable watching such things. I was impressed our girls enjoyed watching the goat be processed after it was slaughtered though. We prepare the kids ahead of time on which animals are for food, when the time is coming, and why that animal has been selected for being food. Every animal here has a purpose, most are for breeding and milk or wool; but almost all can also be used for meat when the need arises.

This week I’m hoping to sort through some seeds and get paper envelopes to organize seeds better; as well as make a list of any seeds we may need to restock for spring planting.