The last Friday in October the kids and I had a field trip to Brecknock Orchard. We went with Chase's one co-op class and were able to have a tour of the farm.
They have this wagon specially made for their farm tours. The tour itself was really interesting. They try to avoid spraying as much as possible and use natural methods of pest control so it was interesting to hear about all of that.
We got to get off the tour at the apple orchard and each pick our own apple.
Pretty view.
And we also were able to pick a pumpkin, although each of my kids decided to pick a gourd :p
We also got a tour of the shop when we got back. They had a whole wall of "seconds" apples, all different types for only $10 a bushel. So I got a bushel and the kids helped me pick out all different kinds to make a yummy sauce with.
Everyone likes using all the gadgets I have for apple sauce making and I had so many helpers when I started on sauce Saturday morning... everyone seemed to keep wandering away and it ended up just me and Katy working on it by the afternoon :P
We got a lot of quarts of yummy sauce done though! Sadly I hardly did any canning this year. It was a terrible year for my garden, so much rain and not enough time to keep after weeds, etc. I still want to do some tomatoes at least but not sure if I will be able to find them for sale still.
Joanna needed a new guitar case and I found this gem for her on Amazon. This blue is her absolute favorite color... plus it says "I love guitar" on it :)
The Monday after our Brecknock field trip we decided to take a trip out to see my Grandma Yoder. The kids all love their Great Grandma so much and were so happy to be able to visit her again. They took their music books along and gave her mini concerts
We also played Dutch Blitz together.
We ate a very nice lunch together and then the kids and I had to hit the road to pick up venison from two doe Ricky and Chase had shot the weekend before.
It was a beautiful drive, very scenic, although not close to my Grandmother's place at all, it was still an hour and a half to the butcher from her facility.
It was a lot of driving and a long day but very productive. It felt so good to put all of that healthy meat in the freezer!
The last country we studied in our Co-op class was New Zealand. I have a friend that lives in New Zealand that I had met on a mommy group when I was pregnant with Katy, so I messaged her to ask for some advice on food ideas. She had some good suggestions that we were able to incorporate into our class. Marmite and chippie sandwiches- Marmite spread thinly on white bread with salt and vinegar chips. I was not a fan of this at all, blech. Some of the adults and a couple of the kids actually liked it though!
We found this soda and had it shipped from New Zealand! It was $8 for this one can :D We split it between our 12 students and 4 adults in the class and everyone loved it. It tasted kind of like a cross between 7up and Ginger-ale.
Sue made Pavlovas for everyone and they were amazing!
How I really felt about it... Get in my belly! haha!
And yes my face was really THAT red. It gets hot in that room running around while ovens are going!
Sue also made a traditional Maori (the original natives of New Zealand) bread in a big tin can. It was chewier than regular bread but very delicious.
Katy loved the pomegranates we put on the Pavlovas
This one student just wanted all the homemade whipped cream 😂
Chase had another early practice after co-op so the girls and Honey went with me again. Honey likes car rides but usually just falls asleep or gets super snuggly.
The girls played at the playground for a while and then we went on a short hike. They found a big pile of mulch on our hike and of course had to climb it. What else do you do when you find a big pile of mulch??
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