Woodworking - Rocking Llama

Now that we are getting settled and have some of the major projects done, we can spend time on some other things.  So this week, we are doing a woodworking project: making a rocking llama as a Christmas gift for a friend.  The rocking llama is a fun project and baby bear still plays with hers a bit even though she has really out grown it.  

The shed allowed us to get some of the clutter out of the garage so I can more easily do some larger woodworking projects.  This is the first project in the last 3 years where I didn't spend over half of my time just moving things around so I could use a tool.

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted.  It was a challenge to edit down about 10 hours of video to less than half an hour.

Processing Rabbits for the First Time

This week we are processing two rabbits before the weather really turns.  This is our first time processing rabbits, although we have processed chickens and turkeys before.  There is an excellent video on the details of processing rabbits here that we used as reference.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9obs_MSt0

We did not have as easy of a time at it as they did in the video, but we got it done.  We are planning on using these for Christmas dinner, so we will let you know how they turn out.

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Making and Preserving Homemade Salsa

We are harvesting the garden and preserving as much as we can for use all year long.  Our tomatoes and peppers have done well this year, so that means salsa.  When we have a good crop of something we try to preserve enough for the upcoming year plus a little extra in case the next year's crop doesn't do as well.  This year I think we were able to can a year and a half's worth of salsa.

Here is the recipe that we use for our homemade salsa:

https://www.delishknowledge.com/the-best-homemade-salsa-for-canning/#recipe 

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