An Afternoon of Chores

The first thing I did this afternoon was check out my three new batches mead. I wrote a while back about how I have ventured into the "art" of making mead. My first batch is several months old. It has been racked twice and has been placed in a gallon glass jug for aging. In a few weeks I will bottle it into several smaller bottles for storage and later gift giving. I had my first taste test a couple of weeks ago and declared a personal victory. I will be the first to say that it can be improved, but it is pretty darn good. I tried to make this a little drier than the mead I had tasted before and I succeeded...to a fault. I think this batch is a little too dry. I did read that you can add honey to it to make it sweeter so I will probably will do that when I bottle it.

A couple of weeks ago I made two more gallons and placed them in our cool dark pantry for fermenting and aging. I then realized I had purchased enough honey to make a fourth gallon so I did. Those of you that have read my blog in the past know that my mead recipe includes one orange in it. I didn't have a regular orange so I used what I had at the time so this last batch was made with a blood orange. I have named this batch Viking Blood Mead. I have included photo to show how the batches are progressing.

When I was out a few minutes ago I took a couple of photos of our small raised-bed garden to share with you. Since I just planted seeds on Saturday, nothing is coming up yet but, I will keep you posted as it hopefully starts to grow and produce.

I am about to go out and work on the new hen house we are about to build. I will take photos and share them with you as I progress through its construction.