Huggydubby Homestead

Campfire Wood FOR SALE 🔥

Levi & Edie-Rae are all stocked up for the long weekend! They have helped to cut, split and prepare the bags to earn money for their afterschool activities.

Campfire kits are available at the end of our driveway on Edgerton just east of Hwy 57.

🔥 The campfire kits $10 include:
• 6 – 7 pieces of mixed firewood. Current wood included are pine, poplar, cedar, maple and ash.
• 10 pieces of kindling
• 1 egg carton with pine cones
• 1 fire starter – 3 pine cones sitting in an egg carton housing, with beeswax. The fire starter kit makes for a fast and convenient way to start a fire.

It’s a snow day! ❄️ Let the fun of the winter weather begin.

Playing with new soap moulds!
Now we wait 4-6wks for the bars to cure.
Ready just in time for Christmas. 🎁

Fire starters are restocked for another year. Nate Holmes thanks for the bees wax! 🐝

No school due to the strike. The kids went to work this morning on the homestead filling kits. The roadside stand is stocked year round to keep you warm and cozy through every season.

Season Opener!
Warriors U13 A for the win!👊
Huggydubby Homestead has renewed our sponsorship with our top influencer for the 2022-23 season. The agreement paid immediate dividends in the second period when he finished off a tic tac toe tying goal as the Warriors cruised to a 7-4 victory against the Belleville Bulls.

Green Tomatoes?
We tried this muffin recipe out tonight.

http://allthingsprovident.blogspot.com/2013/11/green-tomato-muffins.html?m=1

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Similar to the tail of a wild turkey we harvested Turkey Tail Polypore Mushrooms this past weekend.

Safe beginner mushroom to forage!
🦃 tiny white pores on underside
🦃 fuzzy surface
🦃 contrasted colours form concentric rings
🦃 young caps are thin & flexible

Used as a tea for its medicinal benefits. ☕️

Pesto Stocked Up 🌿

2 cups basil
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 tsp salt

Combine in the food processor and store in the freezer till our next pizza party.

Herbs harvest made pretty.

October Temperatures 🍃Put on your layers kids! Tie dye, knots and delicious peach sorbet thanks to chef ER.

Lemon Grass Wreaths
Woven 🍋 Drying 🍋 Refreshing Tea ☕️

Project #4 Cattail woven sit mats or trivet

L worked away on some pond maintenance a few weeks ago clearing cattails which were encroaching on prime pond real estate.

Thanks to some great resources at Scugog Memorial Public Library we were able to learn about weaving with natural plant fibres. This beginner project took time but easy to scale back in size for smaller people to try. Maybe coasters?

🌾After drying the cattail leaves for 1-2wks we soaked them in water “mellowing” them overnight. This makes the leaves more pliable for weaving. The results of this activity were in the concentration and contentment in the hours spent in this mesmerizing process. 🌾