The Battle Season Begins

Commander Zander FoeHamer was covered up to his shoulders in the blood of his enemy. His massive head barely fit inside the dead animal'...

Tech Troubles and MEN

Unfortunately both my camera and my laptop are giving me fits lately. So apologies to everyone who has been kind enough to leave comments - ...

World Wide Bacon Shortage? A Porkocalypse?!?

Oh friends I knew it was coming..... Have you seen the shocking headlines? Porkocalypse: Next Year May Bring a Worldwide Bacon Shortage Baco...

Drying Out Dahlia

At this writing the temperature is hovering at 33* - looks like not only will we have our first frost...but looks like we went straight to a...

Canning Green Beans

Is everyone canning green beans? I got a great deal on a beautiful bushel of green beans from an Amish neighbor. They were stunning.... I go...

Working on the alfalfa field

One of the projects we want to get going is our own source of hay. This was a bad hay year - it was so dry that most farmers could not get e...

Taking Down the Big Sunflowers

I couldn't wait any longer and spent yesterday taking down the big sunflower garden. I hated doing it because it was my favorite garden....

Putting Up Peppers and Corn

I'm still digging my way out from under all those baskets of peppers I scored last week . Luckily I'm down to the last 2 or 3 pepper...

What the Pigz Are Up To

About 180lbs I think..... Pigz helping me with the pepper processing yesterday - they loved the trimmings. Actually they are doing great. Th...

So many eggplants......

No time to talk! There's too many eggplants! I got a deal so I scooped them all up....and now... so many eggplants. And peppers! Look ou...

What I'm Feeding the Pigz today

Technically this is what I fed the pigz the other day...but this is pretty typical. And t his is what I risk life and limb for out there pas...

Out Past The Gate

I was going to do a post on canning today but my pal D. had a tough day yesterday and asked me for a "tail" of dog bravery... so I...

Varmint Killing 101: Rats

Alright folks, huddle up. Let's talk about rats and how to rid your barnyard of that pestilence carrying vermin. Like it or not, rats wi...

Cherokee Purple

Finally! My late-planted Cherokee Purple tomatoes are finally ripe! Aren't they just beautiful? I love the green shoulders. And they are...

Turnip-rrific!

Thanks to the recent rains from Isaac the turnips are doing terrific! They are turnip-rrific! Turnip-tastic!   These turnips are growing lik...

More on wheat - links and questions answered

Hey Everyone! Thanks so much for the great comments and discussion about yesterday's post about modern wheat described as the perfect, c...

Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison"

Did that get your attention? It got mine too. Did everyone see the clip of Dr. William Davis on CBS This morning yesterday?  I only caught a...

Cat Rack

Improves gas mileage and allows you to haul your felines anywhere you want to go! Its the new Cat Rack! A "must" for all crazy cat...