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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Angry Bird

Lookin' bad, baby... lookin' real bad. Hope everyone is having a better day then my poor little, molting hennie. Happy Thursday ever...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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'...

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...