First off we did not get the barn finished as we had intended as our property is mainly clay and to try to work around in the mud was just no fun.
With the barn not finished our animals have had to reside in makeshift pens and were shuffled several times to different areas. Husband did finish the portion of the barn that hooked to the hen house, so we were able to get some permanent quarters for the geese and ducks. The old duck half of the hen house was taken over by the new laying hens (Plymouth Barred Rock). The upper portion of this 'barn section' can now house the hay, and we managed to get most of that out of the garage (yeah! more room)
The pigs have been moved three times now. One earlier post shows what should have been their permanent pen. Unfortunately with the relentless rain the entire area became a huge mud pit with the muck reaching the pigs bellies in some places. We worried that they would become ill or get some kind of foot disease, so we moved them once again.
Most of the garden didn't get weeded on a regular basis because it was just too wet and the water was sitting in the pathways. A lot of our garden plants did not produce this year because of the weather, yet some did surprisingly well.
I seem to have made quite a bit of jam this year - grape, black currant (from our gardens) and apricot (from a coworker's brother who lives in the Okanagan).
We had several sets of visitors over the summer. My penpal from Germany and her husband came to stay for a few days during their holiday to BC and Alberta. It was so great to finally meet her!
It took me three months to get our rental house finished and it was listed for sale last Friday. With that complete I feel like I can breathe a sigh of relief. I think that has caused me the greatest stress - trying to get the house repaired, painted and updated (Thank you Dad for all your help!) and the continual discovery of more damage caused by the last tenants not noticed on their departure.
We managed one day as a family holiday in which we travelled to Barkerville. We all love visiting the historic gold rush town of Barkerville.
Husband and I also managed to get away to Kelowna for a few days in September. It was a holiday for me but he had to work. We drank lots of great Okanagan wine. I know that most people don't associate Canada, or specifically British Columbia, with wine but we actually produce top quality wines in the Okanagan region. I did a lot of walking around the hotel, downtown and the lake. The weather was surprisingly good - rain overnight, overcast in the mornings and sunny and warm in the afternoon.
Husband also started a new job over the summer. He has more stress but will not be out on the road as much which is a good thing because I always worry.
So that was about it for my summer (or lack thereof). Hopefully next year we will actually get some sunshine. Now onto winter....
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