February 29, 2012 goats Nothing yet.... Nibbles may be faking it. Based on her behavior last nite, I was sure I was gonna have some pix of adorable Nibbles' baby goats this morning. But nope. Nothing. N...
February 28, 2012 dogs The Bubby's Big Paws Remember when Zander was little? He was just a little lumpkins! Now... well... now its an entirely different matter. Zander Hannibal Bone...
February 27, 2012 kitchen pigs I Make A Mean Pancetta Isn't it beautiful? This is from the last batch - cured and then hung to dry. It's superb. This was one of the oddly shaped belly pi...
February 24, 2012 farm life Spring - just a little closer.... We've had such a mild winter so I know I shouldn't complain...... but in a few hours these little guys will probably be covered in s...
February 23, 2012 goats Debbie's New Digs The Big Man and I have both been a little under the weather - and with my recent trip - there have been a few projects that have gone undon...
February 22, 2012 farm life Prayer For A Traveler "Oh Lord... thank you for getting me home...." Within minutes of my plane touching down I verily threw myself down on this Good La...
February 16, 2012 rant Get your hands off my bagged lunch You know all that rantin' and raving I've been doing lately about the food police, and raw milk and how your government shouldn...
February 14, 2012 pigs Hog Harvest 2011 - What Really Happened We can't say enough about the quality of the pigs we got from Spring Hill Farms for 2011 . Those Tamworth hogs were so incredible - I...
February 13, 2012 goats Nibbles There she is.... Nibbles. Large and in charge. Can you believe she still has about three more weeks until her babies are due?! Congrats to ...
February 11, 2012 kitchen A Complicated Bolognese and a Stunning Lasagna Back when I lived in civilization I used to make a lasagna which took about six hours to create - this included making the sauce, the pasta,...
February 10, 2012 farm life Medieval Life - how fun is this? Has everyone seen " Christina: A Medieval Life " from BBC? Wow... I'm totally sucked in. I gotta watch the rest of it. The oth...
February 9, 2012 cats dogs farm life Nuts. So much for my dream of reckless radish planting so early in the year . This is what we woke up to Wednesday. Nuts. Drat. Dang. Curse you, W...
February 8, 2012 farm life kitchen rant Whatcha cookin'? I'm almost too full to type this...wow! Do you remember the braised pork hock they made in this spectacular "how to cut up a side o...
February 7, 2012 farm life goats Bad Moon on the Rise Anybody else feeling the full moon? Wow! If you're not just go and talk to Nibbles. She'll tell you all about it. I do not believe ...
February 6, 2012 dogs No wonder I need more dog food.... Would you just look at these two? Kai on the left and Zander on the right. Remember when he was so little? And check out Zander's paws.....
February 4, 2012 chickens Meat March Yesterday was so beautiful and the weather so mild that I let the meats out to see The Whole Wide World.... ...they were a little timid at f...
February 3, 2012 kitchen pigs Mad about pancetta I'm currently mad about pancetta. I'm not mad AT pancetta - I'm just crazy for it. Isn't it lovely? Remember when I did all ...
February 2, 2012 farm life Has everyone been outside!? WOW! What a "non-winter" we've been having these last couple days! Today was the second day I was outside and in shorts! Pret...