Winter in Wangi

New Water Tanks

It's winter here in Wangi which means cold weather and rain.  It appears to rain most nights here during winter.  We have not lived here that long - this is our third winter.  Well the rain is great for the new water tanks we just installed.  We installed 2 x 3440 litre tanks.  They are situated under a back deck and are plumbed into the washing machine, 2 toilets and a garden tap.  Hopefully this will keep our water bills down in the future.  I have purchased some colloidal silver to put in the tanks to sanitize the water. 

So not much is happening in the garden at present.  Actually the garden has gone wild as we have not had the time to see to it.  However things will change over the next few months as we plan for our spring and summer harvest. 

I have been learning about Traditional Fermentation.  I have Sally Fallon's book "Nourishing Traditions" and have been dabbling into fermenting foods but now it's time to get serious.  I am presently doing an E-Course on fermentation and plans are underway to get back to brewing beer and herbal wines. 

Today I will start with something very easy.  A Coopers Mexican Cerveza Beer Kit which has no additives and preservatives.  Just malted barley, hops and yeast and tastes great.  I don't like the bitter beers.  We always make our home brews low alcohol so we use half the recommended sugar.  In future, we plan to go back to making things from scratch.  Not always successful so it's a good idea to have a good reliable alternative on hand.