Gearing Up for the FTE

Does everyone have their storm preps done? At this writing (Thursday night) the Big Storm of Doom is stretching all the way back to the Dako...

Cooking the "M"

A bunch of us over on ' the facebook ' had a pretty good laugh this weekend about a recent news story. As I was tromping thru the ho...

On the fence

I found some old pictures.... I love this one. It's from several years ago, fall, at the old farm. On the fence. Happy Friday! Any body ...

What's the word, Nibs?

Hey Nibbles! What's the word - how's that attitude of yours? There you have it.  Lookin' good, Nibs...  You can't tell from ...

We Made Maple Syrup!

I'm not prepared to call it a raging success... but hey! Look what we did! The fruit of our labor. That's a half pint jar, folks. Ta...

I'd Tap That

We tapped some maple trees yesterday... More on this later - but I think it totally worked! We'll have results soon.  Happy Friday every...

Folklore Apothecary & Tilton Hollow

I'll tell you what, friends. If you want to make a farm pal happy - give them a gift bucket. Not a basket.... a gift bucket. It was a re...

Snow Day 2013

Finally! We got a little snow to go along with our bitter cold . Yesterday was our first real snow day of 2013. This little hen, one of my f...

Beet Relief and Cold. Ice Cold.

I'm so excited! We visited some friends and not only did I have a terrific time.... I got some beet relief.  My salad was superdeluxe to...

Winter Worries

Winter worries are different than summer worries, don't you think?  During the summer I worry about the farm animals flopping over dead ...

Three Things About Winter

For the last couple of days we've had weirdly warm, spring-like temperatures. It's more like April out there than January. I was a l...

Hope Springs

This morning I notice a little hope springing up from what's left of our snow.... This is the wheat that I planted down in the the old h...

A Load of Straw Buys a Heap of Peace of Mind

At this writing its about 3* out there. It doesn't look like it will get much about 20* today and since we'll have this cold until n...

All The Snow

This is all the snow we got yesterday - can you believe it? That was it. A dusting. So much for the blizzard. Thanks for everyone's birt...

Friday Soothing Snaps

Well the world didn't end and it didn't snow - so now I can't write either post I was planning to do.... so lets look at soothin...

Hog Hero Duncan MacLeod!

He's a beekeepin', boat buildin', chicken raisin', fly fishin', kilt wearing man of God. And now he's a hog slayer a...

Thursday Happy Snaps and Comments

My new camera is working out great! I just love it - easy to use, great results, and its a shiny red color so I haven't lost it yet . Th...

Look who is on our pond

I have a friend who is a terrific birder - she can spot a female blue bird at a thousand yards....so I know that she'll let me know what...