It’s the last day of 2018. I’m not sad to see this year go.
It’s been a difficult one on many levels. I am a little contemplative today as
I think over what has been and what I want the next year to be.
As far as our
beginning homesteading efforts go, I am pleased over all.
We made our garden. Planted lots of plants.
Bottled over 150 jars of food. We also did some non-garden
projects.
We put in stairs up our hill.
Built
a big picnic table by the fire pit.
Put a bridge over our stream
work in progress
All with wood lumberjack milled from trees on our property.
And built an enclosure for our garbage
cans.
As winter hit, we’ve been doing
inside things. Lumberjack has built several shelves and many Christmas presents
(including a rocking horse, and a rocking llama)
We also have chopped and gone
through over a cord of wood with these cold temperatures. We are keeping warm
though, and are very grateful for our wood burning stove.
I have learned how to knit, but am still working on spinning.
We have made great progress towards adopting our foster baby and even make progress on our son's PTSD.
It's been a busy year.
We hope to keep working and continue to improve as we start
a new year with new knowledge and goals.
Here’s wishing you all a great 2019.
