Something brief

Hello all,

Just a brief update. We were dismayed this past Saturday morning to discover that two of Winona's 5 chicks had died. It is uncertain what caused it (did she crush them, did they not find the water, one of them might have gotten its foot stuck in the screen that is under them). In any case, we are down to 3 chicks there. Kind of a bummer.

Also Saturday Annie and I went looking for land. We saw some things we liked, and some things we didn't. We are hoping to buy a place buy the end of the year to take advantage of some of the tax breaks/low interest rates etc, but time will tell.

On Sunday we pickled, a lot. We pickled 40 pints of pickles - some sour and some bread 'n' butter. There is also a crock pot of some that are pickling in a brine.

Also had our most successful foray with making chevre (goat cheese) to date. It has close to the right texture. Each batch keeps getting a little better, so hopefully soon we'll have this something like perfected. Probably right when it is time to stop milking the girls :).

Hope all are well.

Jeff