It’s been a week!!

It’s officially been a week since I’ve been here! I’ve gotten down pretty much all of the names of the animals and I’m getting more used to the whole getting up at 6 am everyday thing.

Today I went to the winery that Lyndal works at to do some data entry for a little bit of money (to cover my food costs here) and got a tour of the place and met Jill, the owner and Lyndal’s best friend. She did a little wine tasting for some Texans and I got to listen in and taste a couple. They make a Rosé, Pino Gris, Pino Noir, and admittedly a couple others I can’t remember. Next week I’m going to go back and do some more work for her and put stickers on wine bottles (thrilling, I know).

View from Jill’s vineyard

Tasting counter at the vineyard

I can milk the goats really well now with the exception of Gien, she and I just do not get along. It’s a lot harder than you’d think and it took me three days to get anything out at all.

Milking Clochette

We’ve been eating so well lately. We made pulled pork, homemade coleslaw with cabbage, carrots, and zucchini, and roasted plums with rosemary and have been eating on that for a couple of days. We even made the mayonnaise that went into the coleslaw which is waaay better than any store bought crap you get in the states. For lunch today we had a caprese salad with fresh basil, handmade olive oil, and lyndal’s cheese with some balsamic and salt and pepper. I also just learned how to make yogurt and ricotta cheese super easily and for lunch yesterday I picked blackberries to put in the warm ricotta and taught lyndal how to make a grilled cheese. My favorite thing so far we’ve made is zucchini blossoms stuffed with cheese, mashed potatoes and a ton of garlic.