Day: July 19, 2015

Prewash cycle without…

…and with extra help (our dishwasher has a sanitization cycle)

We have curbside recycling again!

Housework weeks. In Austria kids learn a lot about the household and garden, so while school’s out we did that too, we made syrups, jams, jellies, preserves and breads. We also froze close to 80 pounds of fruit (yay solar electricity, free freezing)
3 of our friends have lychee trees and were nice enough to let us pick! Thank you Randy, Bart and Will and Susan!

Mangos too!

Mango Syrup, cooking down. We started with 6 liters.

Making bread. Leilani fed the sourdough starter twice a day for almost 5 days until it bubbled over twice and made a mess on the counter. We decided on a 70% rye and 30% sprouted kamut bread with pecans. Leilani’s friend Jazzi helped her weigh the ingredients and knead the dough, while I supervised, cleaned and helped when needed (rarely I’m happy to say). After about 3 hours the bread had risen sufficiently and we baked it.

Techno-legos



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