June 29, 2012 chickens farm life How Hot Was It? This is what happens when it gets to be 100* (actual not heat index)..... It was so hot yesterday that the goose exploded...... Actually Cin...
June 28, 2012 chickens farm life Feeding whole grains to chickens - the old fashined way! You can't get much more old school than this!? Most of our state is under an extreme fire warning. We've been so hot and dry that s...
June 27, 2012 ducks Because they just keep getting cuter..... This is what I found yesterday when I went to check on my momma duck and her babies.... They just keep getting cuter. The little black and y...
June 26, 2012 cats Nicholas weighs in: Hard Day #7 I tell you the truth nothing is as hilarious as watching and entire vet staff burst into gales of giggles when you pull your most enormous c...
June 25, 2012 ducks My New Milking Buddies How cute are these little guys? One of our duck mommas finally hatched these ducklings. She and a chicken hen were sharing a nest - which ne...
June 22, 2012 rant Garden Police Are Coming For You Because an unemployed lady trying to grow her own groceries in her front yard is a crime..... Do not think for a minute that this is a one t...
June 21, 2012 dogs duck Hot Dogs and Cute Ducklings Is everyone surviving the heat? We have another scorcher on tap today. Yesterday I can assure you I was awake for every second of our longes...
June 20, 2012 rant Poetry Slam: OFG Style Editors note: Decent folks, just look away. Don't read this. Come back tomorrow when there will be cute baby ducks. Consider yourselves ...
June 18, 2012 ducks Something adorable is happening here I just love baby ducks..... Hey baby! Look who's here! Miss Duck is a favorite and an excellent momma. She's settin' that nest.....
June 17, 2012 chickens Little and Big No matter how many times I see this....... I just love it. How adorable is this? Little egg, big egg. This isn't he smallest "whoo...
June 15, 2012 farm life Friday snaps and update Blogger seems to be acting up lately and I'm having trouble with the comments.... so my apologies if its not working for you either! Hop...
June 13, 2012 rant Senseless Victims of Marketing You know how I'm always yammering on about how what we eat is largely cultural and almost always because of marketing? And how I'm a...
June 12, 2012 farm life garden Keeping chickens out of the garden Or rather... how to keep your garden from being demolished by hennies who sneak in looking for easy pickings.... The rolls of field fence cu...
June 11, 2012 chickens farm life Amber Waves of Grain The wheat I planted is ripening... isn't it glorious? I believe most of the grains in our part of the world are early this year because...
June 10, 2012 kitchen Chinese Five Spice Pork Belly on the Grill or Char Siu Back when we were parting up the pigs I labeled a couple cuts as "belly for the grill" and put them in the freezer. While it may ...
June 8, 2012 pigs Today was the last day. The very last day. *OFG stomps angrily up the hill from the pig yard, throws feed bucket out of view, yells into camera....* "This is the last... the LAST...
June 7, 2012 dogs Digger I wasn't kidding when I said that our Kai can really dig. We call her Digger for a good reason. That's my Kai. Digging to China. S...
June 5, 2012 farm life The Path to Lettuce One of the things I determined to do this summer is work on all those little areas around the property that are just annoying me. The gate t...
June 4, 2012 rant Don't Drink That! How To Stop Drinking Soda. Or Pop. By now you've probably all heard about how they are trying to ban the sale of 16 ounces or larger of soda/pop/soda pop/sugary drinks in ...
June 3, 2012 farm notes Turnip of Doom and planting notes This turnip planted itself and I've been cracking myself up with how big its gotten. At some point its just going to crack or go to seed...
June 2, 2012 cheese notes kitchen Making a Stunning Neufchatel Cheese You may be wondering why I'm not making cheese this spring? Well, the sad fact is that my cheese fridge died and now I don't have an...