Thursday, June 21, 2012

Sourdough lessons, sponge and a Ruby is added to the "herd" what are rabbit bunches called?

The Ladies and I had a morning without the kids so we got to go out to the Herbalist to show her how to make sourdough, sponge and sourdough pancakes.  We gave her a nice start of starter and some kefir grains to get her up and running on her own starts.  She had to leave around noon so we had a short window of opportunity to show her the fun of them.  We ended up making a nice sponge, showed her how to feed and replenish her starter.  Told her of their need for feed and how to feed her kefir and sourdough daily.  Belle call them little grizzlies and say if they are not feed they are as mean as a grizzly.   We also told her how to hibernate them on a weekly bases and how to hibernate them for months.  Explained that if it sat in the frig for a long while it would get a liquid on it on the top, it could be any color from little gold to black, all acceptable.  If the liquid sets awhile it will have an alcohol smell.  The yeast does create an alcohol as it works.  We ended the teaching lesson by making up some sourdough pancakes.  Herbalist was excited she said it was the only pancakes she ever made that the first one wasn't a throw away.  The Professor tried them and they were a winner.  Booboo cooked off the rest of the batch. 

We went outside and Professor had had the help of Yogie to feed his rabbits.  She ended up getting to buy a nice red satin female.  The female is named Ruby and she is bred to a blue satin so we will have a nice colorful litter of bunnies soon.  The Yogie is going to keep her name as Ruby.  It reminds them of their Bible verse Proverbs 31:10. " Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."  Their memory verse last week.  Professor was so impressed with their work they are going to go out once in a while and help him and Herbalist, she needs her pan cupboard and spice cupboard and pantry sorted and her needs help with little things and his rabbit.  The girls were ecstatic as they really love them both and would like to spend more time with them.

We came home just after noon, neutered Mokies three bucklings.  She had wanted to keep one of them as a buck but since he has not grown, as my Peanuts has, who is the grandson of her beloved Pansy, she decided she would much rather have him as he is a big strong buckling and should pass on his grandmothers good qualities.  I think she is going to take him over to her house sometime in the next few days and get him out of my weanling pen.  He is too big and is to aggressive to the other weanling, likes the little girls toooooo much and needs to get on to his buck life.  He is truly a beautiful animal. 

The girls spent the night with Mokie and family.  We had a nice quiet night.  Funny this morning I went to call them to read our scriptures and had forgotten they were gone.  It was the first time I had not felt their loss in the house in their whole lives.  They must be growing up and I have let go just a little.  Well off to get breakfast and coffee to be ready for all the kids today.  I think I have them until next Tuesday and then it will only be occasional again, can't wait.  Love them all but I am ready for some peace in my old age...... tomorrow.

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