A day at the market

We braved the big city (well Halifax is more like a small town really) on Saturday to make our debut at the Halifax Farmers Market. Despite the temperatures of minus nineteen disasterously killing 2 boxes of our plants on the way, on the whole, the 3am start paid off. It was certainly worthwhile for the experience at least.

Working it all out at home..

 At the stall

 Muscari

Bottling wine and jamon gets started

With the piggies gone, we needed a little pick me up so decided it was time to bottle (and taste) the 46 litres of wine which has been brewing in the basement for the last 6 months. With me bottling and Jamie using a borrowed corker, it didn't take us long to bottle nearly 60 bottles of Pinot Grigio and Spanish Rioja.
Tasters verdict: very drinkable especially considering wine pricing at NS liquor stores. Oh how we miss European wine (and the price!).
Driven by his longing for Spanish Jamon, Jamie visited the butcher and returned with one of the back legs from our largest boar, and started the curing process. In theory this ham will go nicely with our Rioja, however I am not sure that after 6 months, there will be any wine left.

Au revoir les cochons...

Two snow storms later, despite a little sadness at the departure of our characterful friends, we were relieved to see the three little pigs trot faithfully in Jamie's footsteps, following him through the snow and up into the trailer off to fulfill their destiny. Minutes after they left, snow started falling, little did we know it would silently and softly drown us. We have now drifts over the window sills in some places. The amount of snow is getting ridiculous, we don't really know where to put it all.

Au revoir little pigs