Prepping for winter

Frosty leaves

    Well here it is October 31, and i have to ask myself...where has this year gone. I had always heard that the older you get the faster the time goes....but enough already! I am having trouble keeping up.
    Over the last month, we have been working hard getting ready for winter. I have been canning, James has been hunting and we are trying to get the insulation put  in here and there around the basement ceiling area.

Cold room is filling up

    The hunting so far has been unsuccessful but we are hoping that will change soon. We both enjoy game and its so rewarding to look down at your plate and most of the food on it is food you harvested yourself. So hopefully in the next week or so he will get us a moose or deer.
    We had no garden this year as there wasn't enough time, but this winter we will be planning out the new greenhouse. I did manage to buy fruit and was given some vegis out of our neighbors garden so I was able to put away a few things for the winter.
     Last week James moved a lot of the "stuff" that was laying around the yard, stuff that hadnt been put away since we got home. So we can rest knowing we won't be hitting anything while plowing the driveway this winter.  At the same time I worked on getting the bees ready for winter. I got them moved down into 2 boxes and gave them some Apipasta fondant as a treat. I had also made them 8lb candy boards for each hive. So along with their 2 boxes of honey, they should have more than enough food for winter.

Ready for winter

     So this winter, we will be keeping busy putting in the shower and vanity then organizing the basement more. Then on those real cold days we will be sitting with a steaming hot cuppa and drawing up plans for the new greenhouse. So this winter i will be updating you on whats going on inside the house, new plans for next year, how the bees are doing and the new batch of mead i plan on making.and maybe a few honey based recipes.
But for now....bee warm and have a safe winter.
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