December 1, 2011 kitchen One Potato, two potato.... Does everyone know how great it is to can potatoes? What a great project! Quarts of potatoes and pints of sweets. I've been canning pota...
November 29, 2011 kitchen Ground turkey? Yes, you can! I spent last week gaming the grocery system and scored some sweet deals. Including two frozen turkeys - a total of 38 pounds for about $9. T...
November 28, 2011 chickens Um..... Does it look like these meat chickens doubled in size from just last week ? Wow these house meats are growing like weeds! We really need to ...
November 24, 2011 farm life Gobble Gobble! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Remember to eat lots of pie. Hope everyone has a great day.
November 22, 2011 chickens goats Good thing we've got chickens All I'm sayin' about the SuperFail is... good thing we've got chickens. Jerks. The not-so-super-duper-committee, not the chicke...
November 21, 2011 kitchen "G" is for love..... Actually "G" is for gingerbread. Dontcha just loooooooove gingerbread? I found a new recipe and you just have to try it - look w...
November 18, 2011 farm life How "Occupy The Barnyard" Ended Around Here Lately The Mob has been giving me grief. You remember this batch of chicks that hatched one at a time over the course of almost 3 weeks ? Pr...
November 17, 2011 dogs Commander Zander weighs in We took the pup to the vet on Monday for a recheck and more puppy shots. They couldn't believe it was the same pup - he's gained TEN...
November 15, 2011 farm life Potstickers and ditches Its a weird combination, I know. But I'm still on my kick to find new ways to fill the gaping void of ethnic food in this small town. So...
November 14, 2011 farm life What work looks like "Oh Lord, thank you for making me sturdy and not skinny." The gravel pile and the tools of the day I would have never made it thru...
November 12, 2011 farm life What $400 worth of fun looks like... Behold. Gravel.... Does that look like 15 tons to you? I tell you the truth. I've spent way more money on way more stupid stuff and my c...
November 11, 2011 farm life Checkin' out the hams Would you just look at those hams.... come on colder weather... I need me some bacon! The pigz still have a few pumpkins.. I mean.. "go...
November 9, 2011 farm life Democracy, Chicken Guts, and Asteroids Was yesterday a great day or what? We had it all - democracy, chicken guts, and asteroids. Last of the leaves are hanging on... First, it wa...
November 8, 2011 farm life I'm voting for.... FREE PUMPKINS! Firmly in the category of "It never hurts to ask..." Wow! I got two shopping carts full of pumpkins at the grocery ...
November 7, 2011 cats The Great Escape: Nicholas's Hard Day #6 I tell you the truth, I am good in a crisis. Its a family trait. My people are all handy in the face of adversity, calamity, or general may...
November 5, 2011 kitchen Duck Eggrolls. Fill it. Roll it. Fry it up in a pan. Can you believe you can make eggrolls AT HOME? Just like this? Duck eggrolls? For heavens sakes. One thing that is sorely lacking in The Fly...
November 4, 2011 Free Advice Here's some free advice for ya..... If, after unloading a ton of gravel each for two days in a row....then pulling huge weeds all aftern...
November 3, 2011 kitchen Roast Duck for a Happy Birthday I know that bad food photography is a sin (the lighting in my kitchen is just terrible) but I just gotta show you what's cookin' he...
November 2, 2011 kitchen That's one crazy parsnip Vegetables. Some of them are crazy. What are you gonna do? Happy Wednesday Everyone!
October 31, 2011 kitchen Sweet Mother of Pate...look what I got here! Editor's note: I feel kinda bad for even posting this. One of my pals, Free, is currently one of the folks on the East Coast in the dark...
October 28, 2011 farm life goats More on dahlias and Dahlia On the last really warm and sunny day I went out and took some pix of the dahilas. Mostly so I wouldnt forget which was what color when I di...
October 27, 2011 chickens Here we go again..... meat chix for fall! You'd think we'd learn.... or maybe we have learned... Meat chix are in the house! We were thrilled when the post called us on Tues...
October 26, 2011 dogs Milk Mustache This is for my pal, B, who sends me encouraging emails. Thanks buddy! At your request.....today we have... ... the milk mustache... Hey! Is ...
October 25, 2011 dogs Hillbilly Hoop House I'm still working on puppy time so not a lot of time to post these last couple of days. But I did want to get in a quick pic of my new ...
October 22, 2011 goats That just ain't fittin' With deep regret I must inform you of the barnyard goings on. I'm doing this as part of my record keeping and not to shock or horrify yo...
October 21, 2011 dogs Day. Interrupted. One of my friends laughed when she heard we were getting the puppy. She asked me if I was caught up with everything because I'd never ge...