Victor tells me that very occasionally, there will be a quiet moan of, 'Oh no, fish again?' (Never from the older ones, though. They have vivid memories of some rather hungry days, especially Alec and John, back in the camps.) Fortunately, food has been a bit more available the last couple years as the flock of chickens and herd of goats has grown, and especially since Stephen has taken charge of the gardens and greenhouse.
They do stuggle so, however, with the issue of the lack of a really good, reliable source of carbohydrates. Victor can do wonders with potato flour, but Stephen talked with me a bit about his plans to try sowing a larger patchwork of fields next year, where they'll rotate the crops on a seven year cycle: wheat, oats, then vegetables, then grasses and clover to feed the goats. It sounds ambitious, but he thinks it will help. The question in my mind is whether they really have the manpower to do the work without cutting into the children's time for lessons too much.
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Date: 2009-09-04 08:04 pm (UTC)They do stuggle so, however, with the issue of the lack of a really good, reliable source of carbohydrates. Victor can do wonders with potato flour, but Stephen talked with me a bit about his plans to try sowing a larger patchwork of fields next year, where they'll rotate the crops on a seven year cycle: wheat, oats, then vegetables, then grasses and clover to feed the goats. It sounds ambitious, but he thinks it will help. The question in my mind is whether they really have the manpower to do the work without cutting into the children's time for lessons too much.