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...
June 1, 2012 farm life Potatoes are lookin' good We were supposed to get a good soaking last nite and today... wow do we need the rain! We got enough rain to knock the dust off the truck bu...