Back in the day

I accompanied Andy's class a few weeks ago to Sunnybrook Farms. We came here last summer with my mom, but this experience was different because the students were included in a tour of activities, and last year we just roamed around. First stop was in the kitchen of the old homestead house to make bannock on the wood-fired stove.


We used wheat flour with lard, water, and salt, and I volunteered to cook it while our little group moved on to making butter. These were basically white man's version of tortillas.

When I caught up with the pack, they were washing socks. Then it was on to visit some of the farm animals,
milk the pretend cow, and go on a tractor ride. As they disembarked the tractor to get back on the school bus, they were served a couple pieces of bannock with butter they made. Adults got some too - pretty tasty!

Berry picking

This past weekend we went saskatoon and honey berry picking in Elnora. We picked for about an hour, and have lots and lots of berries to eat and make pies from.

Andy and Sam picking saskatoons.


Me and the boys at the honey berry bushes.


Showing off part of our harvest back at home. The smaller ones are the honey berries.


We also visited Sunnybrook Farms last week. There are a few farm animals, and quite a lot of old farm equipment. If you're looking for a specific type of old tractor, they probably have it here!


And this is a canola field. The neon green fields dot the landscape along the highways.

Did you know that canola oil is rape seed oil, and stands for Canadian oil, low acid? Apparently rape seed oil isn't the best name for marketing purposes.