I feel bad. I haven't posted diddly squat in a while now.
I wanted to share an awesome book I found lately with you guys. It's called Homegrown and Handmade by Deborah Niemann.
I bought it a couple days ago at Earth's General Store, and it is quickly becoming one of my very favourite books ever. It's basically an outline for how to set up a homestead. When you think of the word "homestead", Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie probably come to mind,
but modern homesteading has changed since the days of the pioneers. Think more amazing garden vegetables and hand-spun wool and less fever-induced blindness and pigtail braids. In short, it's exactly what I hope to do. You should really ready it!
Big news: I recently purchased a new bike. It is great.
It is pictured here with our pretty little van, Sully. Evan also got a new bike and is currently biking 80 km to practice for the bike home from Jasper. I wish I could participate, but sadly, I think I would probably vomit or something unpleasant along the way.
Today I planted our flower beds! I, honestly, could not fall asleep last night because I was so excited to plant them this morning.
I also made my first attempt at planting a basket. It is a little scraggly-looking, to say the least but I have confidence that it will be beautiful when it grows up a little.
Like I said, not much to look at for now but it will grow into a fine basket one day. I mostly just wanted to get the marigolds that Evan's grandma stuck in with my mutant geranium out of there. I loathe marigolds.
That's all for now!
-Brett
