July 30, 2012 kitchen pigs Why I Put Up With The Porkers I had another post planned for today.... but then we had ribs last nite..... They were marvelous. We ate ourselves into a stupor. This, frie...
July 29, 2012 farm life Now THAT'S an oxheart! **updated Remember last year I was all hacked off b ecause the oxheart tomatoes that I planted were funny looking ? This year I hit one clean out of t...
July 27, 2012 farm life And now back to summer..... Did everyone enjoy the rain? After the storm front passed we got a lovely rain for several hours last nite. And despite an intensely thunder...
July 26, 2012 farm life Storm Prep - Derecho Part2: Code Orange Mid-West and Eastern folks - are you ready for the storms today!?!?! Get your weather radars on now and keep a weather eye on the sky. The ...
July 25, 2012 farm life Ouch! Umm...Drat. Good Ol' SwingBlade took one for the team. I'm gonna have to work on this. I think I mighta whacked a fence post with i...
July 24, 2012 A Year On The Farm: Interview with Tilton Hollow Farm! This little blog started as a records keeping project and I never dreamed that the best part about it was that I'd meet so many fun peop...
July 23, 2012 farm life Finally. A little relief.... The best thing about Friday was..... ... it rained. Finally! And all God's people said... Amen. Looks to be more later this week - we co...
July 20, 2012 farm life Let's just look at some sunflowers I had a different post planned for today - but if you're like me you woke up to the shocking news of the shooting in Colorado. So instea...
July 19, 2012 farm life It's Hot. Real Hot. And Dry. The Relentless Summer of 2012 continues. Mostly its just hot hot hot and more hot with additional heat on the side. And no rain . The lucky ...
July 17, 2012 farm life garden notes Taking Up The Taters We've been taking up the 'taters! Nothing compares to fresh, new potatoes right from your garden. Whether its from the heat, or my ...
July 16, 2012 ducks Just some cute little ducks... Just some cute little ducks... doin' cute little duck things. These are my little milking buddies . They love it when I fill up the drai...
July 13, 2012 farm life The "D" Word. How Dry Is It? Dry. Its real dry. Last nite on the news they finally said the "D" word - oh its a drought alright . All you really need to do is ...
July 12, 2012 chickens Angry Bird Lookin' bad, baby... lookin' real bad. Hope everyone is having a better day then my poor little, molting hennie. Happy Thursday ever...
July 11, 2012 pigs Giving little pigz brain freeze Just like little kids with slurpees...... The other day I gave the little pigz a bunch of frozen hard boiled eggs. They gave themselves brai...
July 10, 2012 dogs farm life Oh Deer, Why We Need Kai The beans I planted outside the gate have been doing great! Just about every day I go out there with the water trolley and the hoe to keep t...
July 9, 2012 goats Hey Nibbles! Whatcha think about the heat? Hey Nibbles! Whatcha think about the heat? And that is what she had to say about it. Our record breaking heat broke today... to everyone...
July 7, 2012 farm life Clara CoonHammer Editor's note: We continue the tall tail of OFG and the Adventures in the Good Land. New readers may begin this part of the story here ...
July 6, 2012 farm life Blow Hard 2012 - Wind Storm Disaster Q & A with OFG We learned a new word this past week: derecho. Its basically a land hurricane and wow did it pack a punch! We had straight line winds wi...
July 5, 2012 dogs For powerless zombies looking for our electric.... Commander Zander, Colonel Ti, Princess Kai, and Lucky have a message for all the power-less zombies roaming the land looking to charge their...
July 4, 2012 pigs Bacon Seeds Happy 4th of July? You bet.... check out these little bacon seeds..... And the meat meeting meat..... Oh happy day! Thanks for everyone'...
July 3, 2012 Please stand by.... Hey everyone! Thanks for your well wishes. We are fine! Out of power for a day and still have no phone or internet. But everyone is doing fi...