August 30, 2011 farm life Tuesday and the canning is at full speed! Is everyone canning today? If you hear that snap snap snap - its us canning up more green beans. Of course, we've also been cooking some...
August 29, 2011 farm life kitchen Tomato Madness! Did everyone survive Irene? We had nothing but blue skies here.... and wow! That northerly wind brought us a cool and refreshing day on Sund...
August 25, 2011 cats farm life garden kitchen Green Bean Mania! Yesterday was green bean mania! It was all green beans, all the time as I processed a bushel of beans. Aren't they beautiful? And they w...
August 24, 2011 farm life kitchen Shake THIS! Hey did everyone feel the whole lotta shakin' Tuesday? Eye witness reports, including someone I know who was shaken awake from a nap (yo...
August 23, 2011 cats farm life garden Rotten bean row - worked! And some Tuesday Happy Snaps I'm so excited I had to just tell everyone that my idea for the Rotten Bean Row totally worked! I planted the leavin's and overrip...
August 22, 2011 ducks pigs Hog hosing and Ducklet for Heiko How to Have a Happy Hog? Hose 'em off, baby! When the days are hot we follow the long, long, long hose down the hill and crank it up to ...
August 19, 2011 cats He still can't stand the heat The roiling stock markets continue to plague Nicholas. Yesterday all he could do was make a batch of Stir Crazy popcorn, drink a bottle Two ...
August 18, 2011 chickens ducks farm life Hey Mr. H - Here's your chick! As requested... here's your chick, Mr. H! She's a beauty for sure..... I'm holding her funny but check out her coloring... ...an...
August 17, 2011 ducks pigs I would have posted sooner but..... I would have posted sooner but I was sucked into the vortex of cute that is baby ducks... ohmigolly... can you stand it? Milking took a long...
August 16, 2011 farm life Tuesday Happy Snaps Well, there way no way Momma Duck was going to let me take some happy snaps of her little ones today... so I'll try again tomorrow. But ...
August 15, 2011 ducks farm life garden kitchen Rotten bean row and making vanilla....and ducklings? I think the solar flares got my wireless router because its been kinda funky. Hopefully its all fixed up. But I'm getting some quick not...
August 14, 2011 farm notes goats pigs Ham Slab on the Grill, Fencing, and Soil Sample This is what we had for supper last nite - an enormous slab o' ham done up on the grill. The pic doesnt do it justice - that slab was bi...
August 12, 2011 garden kitchen Holy Horticulture Beans! Holy Horticulture Beans! Would you look at these beauties? Wow did we score - the Good Neighbors spent the other day canning 32 pints of bea...
August 11, 2011 farm notes Even MORE planting! I know that everyone in the Mid-West is running right outside today to enjoy the cooler weather.... what a relief! Maters are still setting ...
August 10, 2011 chickens farm notes Mornin'! What a beautiful morning! What a wonderful sunrise! The air conditioning is finally off, the windows are open, and wow the sun is shining! G...