Some of my favorites: Le Marne and Belinda’s Dream. It’s a beautiful year for roses!
Re-coop-eration
My poor chicken coop was looking pretty sad. Not that it has ever been a jewel. When we moved here, it was a 3 sided ‘loafing’ shed on its last legs. We shored it up and enclosed the front, added a sliding door to the run on the side, and a window for ventilation. It … Continue reading »
Today’s wisteria
This is year #5 of allowing what was once a tiny stub of wisteria to grow. This has been its most productive year to date. I keep it trimmed, otherwise, it would take over the arbor, and probably my entire house! Happy spring to you all!
I don’t want to be a farmer today.
On February 10th, we had a pretty catastrophic thing happen at the farm. Over the course of approximately four hours, we received 3.40 inches of rain. It was a deluge…absolutely torrential. Admittedly, I did sleep through the majority of it with the exception of about 4 seconds at 4 in the morning when I peeked … Continue reading »
The Gradual Vegetarian
This is a post about butchering chickens. Yes, it seems to be a totally irrelevant title, but I assure you, it IS about putting up your own birds. First, let’s get down to business about processing your very own meat birds. Let me begin by saying meat chickens, more specifically, Cornish crosses or “Cornish X”, … Continue reading »
New Year’s Revolution
Happy 2013! With the new year, I have decided a few things. 1. Less meat, more veggies in our diet. 2. Cook at home and stop dining out so much. 3. No more Facebook. 4. Plant a bigger garden So far, I’ve been doing all four, which is pretty amazing for me. Of course, we’re … Continue reading »
Goodbye, Dovie
Today was another one of those sad farm days. One of those days when you’re forced to say ‘goodbye’ before you really want to. Our favorite hen, Dovie, had to be euthanized today. She was born in March of 2009 in a hatchery and she was special ordered from a man who never went to … Continue reading »
Goodbye, little hen.
Thank you, Dovie, for showing us how truly wonderful a chicken can be. We will greatly miss our little hen. March 2009 – December 7, 2012.
Willkommen, Weihnachtspyramide!
Yes, yes, it’s that time of year again! Time to break out a bit of holiday decor! And you know what that means…..time to dust off that Weinachtspyramide and get it going! What is a Weinachtspyramide, you ask? “Weinachtspyramide” is German for “flimsy, yet very expensive Christmas pyramid powered by candles*” The whole concept is … Continue reading »
Couldn’t say it better
Thank you, random Goodwill donor. Very pleased with my three dollar purchase from last week.
