Today we're exactly one month at the Labrash family farm and a lot of things have happened in this time! First of all...these few weeks let me grow a lot as a person! I experienced and did so many different and new things, learned a lot about farming,crafting and most important about myself.And I had a lot of fun, of course :D
We really feel like we`re a part of the Family now and I think it`ll be really hard to say goodbye when we`ll leave in about 1 weeks to continue our trip!
Last week was also the last time that we delivered baskets. Also a French couple joined us and Snowy, the rabbit died, in the first night we had snow!!! Kind of sarcastic. Snowy died in the snow ^^ Now days getting shorter and the temerature rarley climbs over 10°C. Last night it was -13°C!!! But we had our first Canadian snow...in October!!! yay!!! haha :D I was so excited when Justin came running in and yelled, "its snowing!!". I ran out like a Little kid^^ The sad Thing is, its time to get out my winterjacket :( And I have already Christmas Feelings. weird lol xD
Oh and thanksgiving is only 2 weeks ago. It wasn`t like I imagined it, cause they had to butcher chickens and we worked a lot to finish the garden ( and we did it), but we had a nice big meal with the Family and the grandparents stayed with us and Valerie and me made Food :) I think we`ll be awesome Cooks when we come back ;)
Another Thing I learned I can do quite well or at least I tried it and I didn`t fail, is welding!I don`t think I have ever done so much "manly" work than here xD Its actually nice to try things out, which you don`t usually do and eventually you find something you`re good at ;) We`re not finished yet, cause we wanna weld a table to force! yep, I`m going to be a blacksmith ! Its so cool, that they have all the Tools for that! It can´t get boring here.
Last week I also had a Kind of disturbing dream. It was butchering time again and we helped them set up everything and getting ready, which included catching the chickens! So we carried them, Holding them at the feed,head down! As I did it , I was totally concentrated and I just said to myself, that this is a challenge for me! And as Long as I was outside I was fine! I was Kind of in Trance, I think but as soon as I got into the hoouse, away from the butchering Scenario, I suddenly felt dizzy and weak. I think its not normal for a vegetarian to carry the chickens to their last stop in live and I did realize that after and I felt horrible! I wanted to cry but at the same time the whole butchering process and how they care about the chickens made me think about "being vegetarian" and I was so confused the whole day! And then in the night I dreamed about helping them butchering chickens and that I cut the chicken`s heads! I didn´t feel uncomfortable or something in my dream but it wasn`t a nice Feeling either. It was Kind of normal in my dream. But when I woke up I had a weird Feeling. I believe it was the second butcheringweekend and I still couldn`t watch the process and then I dreamed about it?!?!? Over the week I forgot about it and then the last Weekend came! The French couple have already joined us and we were helping them again the only Thing was, that I REALLY helped them! It just went so fast. I helped them set up the Trailer and in the next second I stood in it and waited for the first DEAD chicken to come inside. I can`t describe my Feelings but something definetley felt totally wrong for me. I had a huge fight inside me but in the end cuoriosity and my attitude, that you should try everything out won and I had my whole Hand inside a dead chicken, pulling out the kidneys! And then there was the smell! Next to me Lorriane and Laureen pulled out the guts and after that I got the chickens to check if really everything is out.I tried to see the positive side and the anatomy is actually really interessting^^ The atmosphere was nice and everybody was joking. I Kind of displace the fact that outside chickens were dying and it was just work for me. After a while I Feld comfortable enough to go outside and I actually could watch the process of cutting the heads off and its really gross but not as bad as I thought! I think I watched too many Horrormovies xDBut then they came with some Turkeys and they butcher them in a different way! Turkeys are bigger and stronger so they couldn`t put them upsidedown in the cupes like with the chickens, Wes had to sit on them to hold it and Justin cut the head off! And the way the blood splashed out of the necks...it looked like in a movie!It was horrible but interessting! I actually challenged myself with Holding Justins Hand while he cut the heads! ( I guess Something is terribly wrong with you when you`re a vegetarian and like horrormovies at the same time!!) I still don´t feel good about it but I think you have to experience it if you`re a meat eater! I know it sounds weird that a vegetarian writes this and the whole experience...it didn`t Change my mind quite but I really think different now about eating meat. These chickens had a nice life and animals eat animals......but I still didn`t eat or touch a Piece of meat. But I definetely learned a lot about myself!
And now there are no chickens left....except the laying hens and some Turkeys!
The day after we all felt like doing nothing, so Wes and Justin took us for a Canoe ride and I think Valerie and me surprised them with our Canoeskills :P mmh well after a while we were really good I think and we were massively proud of us haha xD Even it was just above 0°C we enjoyed it and felt really Canadian^^
A few days ago Justin got 4 new bunnys, not for a pet but for butcher them and I think that is too much! We rebuilded the old chickenbarn into a bunnycage and now they live there till its time for them....thankfully we`re not here then!! It was definetely too much death experience so far.
Today we butchered the last 14 turkeys and after that we cleaned the barn...that was literally the most shitty job ever ^^ but now chores aren't that long anymore :P
Oh and we Went Curling last Friday which was fun and actually it's not that hard as it looks like :D
Oh and we Went Curling last Friday which was fun and actually it's not that hard as it looks like :D
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