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We put the babies in the water yesterday for the first time. I have to say some took the water with only a little help and others needed more time. Camille was very patient and helped them out one at a time. I posted a video below as well as some pictures. In the video Camille can be seen briefly - she is holding her favorite one who happens to be the smallest (of course) and was shivering cold so she was warming him/her up - you just can't see the little thing. Speaking of swimming, our pool is almost ready! It is already summer now and it seems odd because Camille is still in school making up snow/ice days from this past winter - two more days and FREEDOM! Also our cherry trees are in fruit mode! I have a picture of them as well. Ready for picking! Happy summer!!!     
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Just a little bit of random today. I spent sometime outside today and had my camera so I took video of my ducks and their first time outside on the grass. Two weeks old and getting big already. Need to be outside in the fresh air! Aren't they cute??!! Also, during my time in the garden I took video of my view. Lots of rain lately so lots of water. So peaceful today, no one driving by and all I hear are the birds and the "rubber band" frogs! Can you hear them?  I also did my share of harvesting from my herb garden. It ended up with Chocolate mint, Sage, Lemon thyme, Thyme and Oregano. They are now drying up! These will mostly be used for culinary purposes. Much fresher, tastier and cheaper than the dried herbs you get at the supermarket!  One more thing today - I harvested from the Stevia plant we have. I took the fresh leaves and placed them in a jar with grain alcohol where they will sit for two days. After that time I will gently boil off some of the alcohol and reduce it down some to make an extract. It can be used after that to sweeten many things!
Spring is in full swing and there is so much happening and growing! Our garden, thanks to Dan who works tirelessly, is looking gorgeous and has lots of goodies popping up! We have begun to exhaust our asparagus which was divine and we have been picking romaine lettuce as well. I have started the annual drying of the herbs and expect tons this year. So far I have harvested, and am drying or freezing, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Lemon thyme, Chocolate mint and Chives. The Catnip, Lemon balm, Bee balm are not far behind! There is also some wild crafting of the local Plantain and Chickweed! And of course we all know that with Spring comes babies of all kinds. We have ducks this year! There are 16 of them and they are a few days old and finding their way around the water and food pretty good! So far all look happy and healthy! I am thinking this is also a great time of year to try new recipes! I have been using my Nutri Bullet and love it! I can't wait for more stuff to start growing in that I can add to my extractions. What have you been trying that is new? I go outside and gather Chickweed and add it to my salads...yum! The Dandelions were great this year and we ended up with fritters and jelly and infused oil! Dan has since made May wine with our Sweet Woodruff; very sweet and herby tasting! And at Summit Valley Herbals I am planning more educational gatherings and am in full herbal-product-crafting mode with fresh and freshly dried herbs infusing in oils by the sun waiting to become great healing products! Like us on Facebook to keep up with the giveaways and educational gathering news and to look for new, seasonal items!                      |
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