Rain, rain, and more rain!!!

It has been raining buckets for four days now. It's my girls spring break, so they have taken this indoor time to read the Hunger Games trilogy. A few weeks ago Dave found some wild onion in the yard which got my brain spinning. After reading the Hunger Games book myself I was inspired to start foraging. First I researched and found an Oklahoma Cherokee indian recipe for wild onions and eggs. Then I remember the first homesteading book I read and how I wanted to make dandelion wine. A trip to the library and these are the two books I have so far. The Foxfire Book of Wine Making is hilarious. It's from the late 1980's, it is recipes and memories in the Appalachian tradition. The interviews are a hoot!!!! The process of wine making like the old timers seems simpler than what I have seen on you tube. I can't wait to give it a try! So tomorrow morning Dave and my little one are going fishing and mommy is off to forage the in-laws acreage! I am looking for dandelions and onions this time but in early summer I will go back and look for wild strawberries! I thought being stuck inside with all this rain had made me crazy! Maybe it did, but crazy could be fun ☺