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While the public Victorian teas never really took off, Marianne is busy hosting Victorian teas for private groups. It's turned out to be a popular thing to do for events such as baby showers, birthdays, and so on.
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Click here to make a reservation
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The form work has been completed for the gardens and gazebo on the side of the Angel house. On Saturday the 4th we'll be pouring the cement for the walkways, garden edging, gazebo floor, walkway lights, and so on. There's still time to make a reservation to stay with us that weekend and put your initials in the wet cement!
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View our solar production
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Regina started her new job as an accounting intern at McGladery and Pullen. She's writing a blog about her experiences as a new intern, and it's pretty funny. Click on the link below to read the blog. Also, the big news is that they've set a date to get married. It's going to be 8 September, 2013.
Liz and Daniel found an apartment in Germany, but over there when you rent an apartment it does not come with things such as light fixtures, window covers, appliances, and so on. It sounds like it's pretty much just four walls and a floor. So they've been working to get it inhabitable.
Lupe has joined us, working with Rosalba about 3 days per week to help during the busy times and for events such as the Victorian teas.
Riley and Momma started digging under the fence and leaving the property at night to go about a mile down the street and raid a neighbor's chicken coop. We first got a clue when we saw momma covered in mud from crawling under the fence, waiting by the gait to come back in with a chicken in her mouth. After two nights of filling holes with rocks and pounding rebar in where they were digging, with them still finding new ways out, we got a call from the neighbor saying, "I found your dog Riley raiding my chicken coop, and shot him." (remember, this is agricultural country where that's a perfectly reasonable thing for neighbors to do). Marianne went down to get him and asked if he had seen Momma. He said, "Oh yeah, I saw her. After I shot Riley she ran over, grabbed the chicken, and took off." The bullet went in the outside of one leg, out the inside of that leg, and into the inside of the other leg. Marianne made sure that the bullet was not still in the leg, cleaned the wound, made sure the bleeding had stopped, and gave him some antibiotics. The only ill effect seemed to be that for a couple of days he would run around the yard (full speed) on three legs. You'd think he would have learned a lesson, but a few hours after she dressed his wound, she looked out and saw him running down the street again (on three legs). So, we're keeping them locked up at night.
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Read Regina's blog
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Ernie visited from Costa Mesa. Saraswati visited from Asheville, NC. Susana visited from Yuma. Jennifer and John visited from Granada Hills. Carmen and Patricia visited from San Diego. Ryan; Todd and Kimberly; Sarah and Jason and Anthony and Pamela celebrated an anniversary. Steve and Cheri; and Kyun and Jeehye celebrated a birthday.
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| Jamul Haven History Update |
I'll be repeating some of my earlier history articles from years ago, as many have not read them yet.
A statement in “The Canning Clan” at the San Diego Historical Society archives stated: During the early 1890’s – more than a hundred years after the Franciscan Missionaries had proved that Spanish olives would thrive and bear fruit near the seacoast of southern California – C. M. Gifford, growing oranges and grapefruit on his ranch in the Jamacha Valley (now called Jamul) became deeply interested in the horticultural pioneering of departed Franciscans. One day a friend in San Diego persuaded Mr. Gifford to take a pickled olive. Prior to that adventure the Jamacha Valley rancher had known California olives principally at the subject of annual jests. Another source states: Charles M. Gifford, the first man to successfully can olives for commercial sale, arrived in San Diego on January 1, 1888. Charles, his wife Rachel, and their two hildren, Carrie and DeWitt, came here from Cheboygan, Michigan. They purchased and moved onto a Jamacha ranch where they lived for thirteen years. During this time two more children, Ruth and Oriville, were born, and little Carrie passed away.
One day a family friend, ”Grandfather” Wiggins, gave Charlie some pickled olives to eat and talked to him about the process of pickling them. From this conversation Charlie developed a great interest in the possibilities of processing olives for the commercial market. He began to pickle olives, first for his family and friends, then for the San Diego market, hauling them to town via horse and buggy. He also crushed them for olive oil. (San Diego County Pioneer Families,1987)
A third source gives a more detailed version: It was an old Spanish custom of Californians to urge Eastern tenderfeet to “taste a fresh olive right off the tree and see how you feel.” Whereupon the tenderfoot’s mouth would be filled with bitterness. But the pickled olive, while decidedly salty, was so appealing that Mr. Gifford paid particular attention to his neighbor, the American Consul to the Portuguese Azores, who had a small olive grove in bearing. Mr. Gifford purchased three barrels of his neighbor’s olives, pickled them amateurishly but successfully in dairy salt and lye, and peddled them profitably to towns people. By 1894 he discovered himself in the olive oil and pickling business. The “Gifford Olive Mill” in Jamacha Valley, built of adobe bricks during 1895 and equipped with crude machinery ground into oil Mission olives grown by San Diego County ranches. The Mill also pickled fruit in the Spanish fashion; that is, fermented in brine. (The Canning Clan, The Canning of the Ancient Olive, San Diego Historical Society, Subject Files, Agriculture: Olives)
We’ll be learning more about the neighbors referenced above in a future article, but that’s all we have time for this month.
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Recipes from "The Everyday Cook-Book," (c) 1889 and found in the Jamul Haven Angel House.
Curried Eggs: Slice two onions and fry in butter, add a tablespoon of curry-powder and one pint good broth or stock, stew till onions are quite tender, add a cup of cream thickened with arrowroot or rice flour, simmer a few moments, then add eight or ten hard boiled eggs, cut in slices, and beat them well, but do not boil.
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Hints from "The Everyday Cook-Book," (c) 1889 and found in the Jamul Haven Angel House.
Cultivating Selfishness in Children: The mother who in the fullness of generous love runs hither and thither continually to do for the various members of the family those things which they should do themselves, comes to be regarded as a useful piece of machinery, suited to minister to their wants, but she is not regarded with one whit more of love or reverence, rather the reverse. By and by, when the mother is worn out in body and spirit, when the child, grown older, feels no need of her as its slave, it finds other more attractive playmates and companions...It has been truly said by Miss Sewell, author of an excellent work on education, that "Unselfish mothers make selfish children."
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Selected fun San Diego events that are worth a trip.
02/11/2012
The Backyard Flock: Raising Urban Chickens
The Water Conservation Garden
Location: El Cajon
Price: $15-$20
Description: Raise farm fresh eggs in your own backyard! Topics include determining if you are legally allowed to have a flock in your community, deciding between chicks or laying hens, what to feed and not to feed your hens, housing needs, protection from predators, and the benefits of raising your own hens for eggs.
02/10/2012 - 02/12/2012
Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival
Coronado School of the Arts
Price: $15-$30
Description: Nations is Southern California’s largest ethnic dance festival showcasing the rich cultural heritage and diversity of the region. This cross-cultural collaboration brings together over 150 extraordinary dancers representing cultures from around the globe.
02/09/2012 - 02/19/2012
San Diego Jewish Film Festival
Gotthelf Art Gallery
Price: Varies
Description: Get ready for am amazing film festival!
01/12/2012 - 02/20/2012
Visions of Coronado: A Juried Show at the Coronado Museum of History & Art
Coronado Visitor Center and Historical Association & Museum
Location: Coronado
Price: Free
Description: Visions of Coronado showcases the work of local artists in pieces pertaining to Coronado, CA.
02/25/2012
Designing a Beautiful Small Space Garden
The Water Conservation Garden
Location: El Cajon
Price: $20-$25
Description: Good things come in small packages! Learn how to create a sparkling jewel of a landscape for your condominium, cottage, side yard, or smaller front or back yard.
02/28/2012
Hillside Gardening
The Water Conservation Garden
Location: El Cajon
Price: $20-$25
Description: Topics include erosion control, proper plant choices, terracing, and plantings for retaining walls. A colorful slide show of several San Diego hillside gardens will reveal the creative possibilities unique to this style of gardening.
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In This Issue
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Visit our site
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Jamul Haven offers pampering in a fully restored 1890 luxury Victorian mansion.
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Jamul Haven Specials
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We are running a "Recession Buster" discount of 10% off our room rates for on-line reservations.
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In The News
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For links to articles and reviews, visit http://www.jamulhaven.com/links.html.
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