Half of our farm team spent this gorgeous autumn Saturday fishing for catfish. It took them a while to find the fish so no keepers made it home but Seamus and Daddy still had a great afternoon. This will be one of their last fishing excursions of the year since duck hunting season starts next weekend.
The other half of our farm team spent some time visiting with the bees. We removed the medicated treatment strips and queen excluders, slid the entrance reducers back in, and added feed buckets full of sugar syrup on top of the inner covers. This is the last time we will go into the hives until spring. All that is left to do now is to keep topping up the sugar syrup until the bees decide that they have had enough. Then we will add on their winter hive covers and quilt boards and hope for the best!
We all reconvened for a dinner of Liam's Chicken Marsala made with our own meat chicken and homegrown potatoes, butternut squash, onions, garlic and cauliflower leaves. Liam dug the potatoes and cut the cauliflower leaves all by himself which apparently gave him ownership rights over supper, hence the name.
The adults paired their curry with a bottle of our beer collaboration with Small Pony Barrel Works. Such a treat! I love when our honey gets used in creative endeavours.
Dessert was lavender vanilla bean cookies made with roasted pumpkin seeds. What a great way to end a fantastic day. We are looking forward to Sunday!
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