Quite a bit was accomplished around the old homestead and this time it was mostly based around my other timesink, gardening. I did try something new: churning my own butter. Of course, I didn't spend a day sweating over a wooden tub full of cream. No, I let the old mixer do the work. One quart of cream churned for just a couple of minutes produced almost a pound of butter and a few cups of buttermilk (which makes some darn good pancakes). Trust me, I'll be doing it again. My wife thinks I'm turning seriously "crunchy." See the results below:
And on the gardening front, the first garlic was picked.
And not pictured are the four quarts of spicy dill pickles that we canned. Those should be great in about a month. So, I'll leave you with a random picture of my cucumber plants. They have grown considerably since this picture was taken.
Mmmm...yummy.
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