Starting a farm…from scratch
It's 9:30 at night and I am almost done with today's project: freezing green beans. I picked up 20 pounds of green beans from a local farmer yesterday and, unlike tomatoes, green beans don't wait. I didn't like waiting a day even, but that was the timing. I will soon be done blanching the second... Continue Reading →
Ever since we got the key to the farmhouse back on December 30, 2011, I have been bad about before photos because we wouldn't realize just how "before" things would have to be, and all the layers we'd have to pull off and repairs we'd have to do. This week we are paying someone to... Continue Reading →
It rained today. In fact, it's still raining. I can hear and smell the gentle summer rain through the open windows. We've had an unusually dry summer, so the rain is welcome. We went all of the month of July without rain, which hasn't happened since 1926. Or at least that's what I heard reported... Continue Reading →
As I was hanging out laundry this morning, it struck me that perhaps we sometimes must accept that the nobility of what we are trying to accomplish will not be recognized by others. Yet we must continue to follow our calling and our hearts nonetheless. Embrace the passion you find in your heart. Do not... Continue Reading →
Three things to love in this photo: a new clothesline, new fencing and new hay. Sometimes it's nice to see progress outside too. đŸ™‚
Tonight mama hen and baby chick are on the top rung of the ladder. From nesting box and being nestled under mama's feathers to roosting like a big chick and preening itself all pretty. That baby is growing up so fast!
See that worried look in that mare’s eye? That’s how Annie came to us, worried and hurting, confused about what had just turned her life upside down, unsure of what to make of us, the other horses, this strange turn of events. Annie’s eye stopped being worried, but she never stopped hurting. That’s why her... Continue Reading →
OK, it's the tail end of asparagus season, but...for us anyway, we can still get local asparagus at the produce stand and I hope to buy, cook and eat more of it before the season is through. I am challenged right now by lack of husband (deployed) and lack of interest (in a picky, asparagus-hating... Continue Reading →
OK, I'll admit it. I went and spent $35 on bird netting to cover the chicken yard without even measuring the chicken yard. The package said the bird netting was 28 ft by 28 ft. That's huge! How could our chicken yard possibly be bigger than that? Yeah, well, it turns out our chickens are... Continue Reading →
Renovating a 133-year-old falling down farmhouse has certainly had its trials and tribulations...but also its treasures. One of those treasures is this grocery receipt from April 21, 1929. I think it says Bennetts as the "sold to" name, and we have a very big, very old school in our town named R.E. Bennett. Wouldn't that... Continue Reading →