Barn Hopping Weekly goals Oct 2- 8

I enjoy reading  posts from others on what is going on around their farms/ farmettes and homes.  I thought this week I would join in the fun so.

                                            
You can hop around too by following THIS link.

So, lets see how I did with last weeks goals

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1. research homemade vanilla
2. do a bit of decluttering , I have set a goal of 200 things for this fall purge purged around 30 things...this project goes until Jan 1

3. work on the fire pit ( we located the bricks we will use and came up with the plans

4. Visit a new to us open air market for some quality apples
5. floor and toilet replaced in small bath began the demo part
6.Lunch with MIL
7.clean up old dehydrator
8. apple slices dehydrated

9. apple sauce canned   nope
10. apple pie filling canned  nope

OK, so for this week

1. Continue decluttering
2. Continue work on fire pit
3. Continue work on bathroom
4. apple sauce
5. apple pie filling
6. make and can ketchup
7. Check and treat water storage
8. plant spinach/kale
9.Hit the discount store int he big city for canned goods we are running low on
10.  transplant aloe


  The CVS/ ECB run today landed us 5 bottles of shampoo , a couple razors, a couple of toothbrushes, mouth wash  , and some cold medicine  for around 12.00 . 

I received tehe book I ordered Well Preserved  on Friday . There are some unique recipes I would like to try  that would add a bit of spice to food storage.

  The weather is getting cooler and the cats are moving indoors.  We took the time to deworm them and make sure fleas were in check before they stake out their desired places around heat sources.

  do you have any goals this week?

Press in and Press on,
PrepMom










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Dehydrating Apples

 BUSY day... but a good  busy.   I spent some time processing some of the apples and getting them in the dehydrator.

 We love this little gadget. It makes quick work of peels, cores and slices..

Then I always dip the slices into lemon juice before putting them on the dehydrator tray

apple slices can be touching but not overlapping

These will be so good in granola, oatmeal or pies this winter.

We are looking into juicers which will use the peels and cores..... but today the chickens had a feast

Tonight was family dinner night  Chicken, green beans , pilaf and apple crisp.   My MIL had gifted us with her final bean picking. We had enough to freeze a couple quarts also.

How did I do on my to do list for the week?

1. research homemade vanilla
2. do a bit of decluttering , I have set a goal of 200 things for this fall purge
3. work on the fire pit
4. Visit a new to us open air market for some quality apples
5. floor and toilet replaced in small bath
6.Lunch with MIL
7.clean up old dehydrator
8. apple slices dehydrated
9. apple sauce canned
10. apple pie filling canned

  Getting there............

Press in and Press on
PrepMom

Sept 29, 2011

Long day, but good. I had a wonderful lunch with MIL and we talked for 3 1/2 hours!

Came home and found a 10.00 gift card in the mail for some rewards points I had traded in.

We left to do a job in South Hill, VA and stopped at the orchard on the way. It was near closing time so we just purchased a bushel of Golden Delicious.  We'll be going back.

 After completing our job we stopped at the Dollar store across the street and found 4 pkgs of pepperoni, a box of freezer bags, and 8 bags of trail mix that PrepDad likes.

 We then decided to take our gift card to the near by walmart since they had chicken noodle  soup on sale for .60 a can.  We bought a case.

Family business meeting... we decided to cancel our cable.  We really don't watch it much and it can be a distraction.  We also heard a report of the peanut crop.  Tomorrow we will be doing a stock up.

PrepDad ripped out the bathroom floor , toilet and sink in the small bath.

How did we do with this weeks goal this Hump day?

1. research homemade vanilla
2. do a bit of decluttering , I have set a goal of 200 things for this fall purge
3. work on the fire pit
4. Visit a new to us open air market for some quality apples
5. floor and toilet replaced in small bath
6.Lunch with MIL
7.clean up old dehydrator
8. apple slices dehydrated
9. apple sauce canned
10. apple pie filling canne

 MIL gave us 5lbs of snap beans and two peppers. I will snap and freeze beans tomorrow along with buying peanutbutter and canning applesauce.

Press in and Press on

PrepMom