May 31, 2011
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Hill of Beans, farm notes, and broody update
I'm thrilled to finally be doing some planting. Of course we went directly from cold winter to unbearable rain to.... hot summer. Thankf...
May 27, 2011
kitchen
How to Save A Million Dollars - Make your own laundry soap.
Happy Friday everyone! It looks like we are all clear on the weather front - whew! So. Do you want to know how to save a million dollars? It...
May 26, 2011
farm notes
More on Taters - now THAT'S a seed potato
The last couple days have been a little cagey with all this weather. Yesterday we scampered to get everyone safe and then the storms went ar...
May 24, 2011
farm notes
The Best Farm Tool EVER and...
I just gotta show you The Best Farm Tool EVER. It's a propane torch that can be used to kill weeds and stuff. Talk about a life saver! I...
Monday is brought to you by the letter "M"
Monday has been a long day. The storms from Missouri blew thru here a couple hours ago. Not long ago (I'm writing this late on Monday ni...
And then they just flew away.....
Ingrates. The beez from the green hive swarmed (split) yesterday. We were so excited to get 'free beez' and had a whole new hive all...
May 20, 2011
rant
Milk. Brought to you by felon near you?
You know I'm not very politic-y but some things are just too stupid to let pass by. If this isn't your thing then just tune in tomor...
May 19, 2011
cheese notes
Cheese reference and my blue got loose!
If you are even remotely interested in cheese making you have to run right over and check out Dr. David B. Fankhauser's, (Ph.D.), extrem...
May 18, 2011
farm notes
Farm notes - berries and pears and mud
Well there is no joy here in Mudville... just mud mud mud and more mud with extra mud on the side. If this keeps up we'll have a banner ...
May 16, 2011
cheese notes
An Improper Cheddar - Cheesemaking Step by Step
I was hoping to call this post "A Proper Cheddar" after a phrase we heard one day on one of those Rick Steve's travel shows. H...
May 15, 2011
pigs
Whatcha Feeding Them Pigz?
Today I marched down to the hill with just shy of two gallons of fresh and delicious goat milk for them pigz. They were overjoyed. The goats...
May 14, 2011
farm notes
Before. During. And After. Winter cover crops.
Remember last fall when I planted the cover crops in the upper garden? Finally, we got enough sunny days to do some tilling - so I got some...
May 13, 2011
farm life
Blogger back up! And happy Friday!
Oh golly I guess blogger is back up. Sorry for the disappearing tater post - hopefully they will get it restored. I couldn't get on to w...
May 11, 2011
farm notes
Planting potatoes
Note: Chai Chai, I know that I promised to talk about feeding the pigz.. but I have to write down where I planted the taters or I might for...
Farm notes and lemon bars
We've had a couple dry-ish days so I've been getting as much done in the garden as possible. But before we get to the Farm Notes, I ...
Pigz = Tamworths!
Oh boy did we hit the jackpot! I still can't believe it - the pigz we got for this year are Tamworths! Remember my pal D from Spring H...
May 7, 2011
pigs
They're here.
Behold. The bacon (precooked). And so that hatin' starts. Much more tomorrow!
May 5, 2011
farm notes
Bucket of milk and Sunshine!
It was actually sunny today - we couldn't believe it. But you can believe that we ran right out there to get as much work done as possib...
Moving Beez and Cutting Cheese
At this writing I'm waiting for my curds to settle... I just cut the cheese...curds. And no I'll never get tired of that stupid joke...
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